CVE-2022-44682 | Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: 2022-12-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-44682 is rated Moderate Risk (52.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.68%). 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-2022-44682

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 2025-12-16 0.18% 0.68% +0.50%
2 2025-12-15 0.12% 0.18% +0.06%
3 2025-11-21 0.12%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-44682

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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.
2.3 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-44682

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-44682

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_10 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 20h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 21h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 22h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:22h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 1607 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10 1809 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_11 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_11_22h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_8.1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2022 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:azure:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-44682

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