CVE-2022-21971

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-18. Federal remediation due 2022-09-08.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

53.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-02-09 16:36Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-12-16

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7092dd44e635b831caada6afe9a5f1ecbe6204ffc5ee8c769fe54d1bce0c8680

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21971vendor-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-21971government-resource