CVE-2022-40733 (GCVE-0-2022-40733)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-18 22:35
Modified
2024-12-20 17:22
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary
An access violation vulnerability exists in the DirectComposition functionality win32kbase.sys driver version 10.0.22000.593 as part of Windows 11 version 22000.593 and version 10.0.20348.643 as part of Windows Server 2022 version 20348.643. A specially-crafted set of syscalls can lead to a reboot. An unprivileged user can run specially-crafted code to trigger Denial Of Service.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1515Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Version: Build 22000.593
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