CVE-2022-29121 | Windows WLAN AutoConfig Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Windows WLAN AutoConfig Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: 2022-05-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-29121 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-29121

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.43% 0.88% +0.46%
2 2025-12-28 0.48% 0.43% -0.05%
3 2025-12-27 0.48%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-29121

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
6.5 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-29121

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-29121

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_10 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 20h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10 20h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 20h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 21h1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10 21h1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 21h1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 21h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10 21h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 21h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 1607 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 1607 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 1809 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10 1809 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 1809 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10 1909 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10 1909 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 1909 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_11 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_11 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_7 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_7 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_rt_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server 20h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 sp2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 sp2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2016 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2019 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2022 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-29121

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