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CVE-2022-22709

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22709 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft VP9 Video Extensions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H) if an attacker can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community. Organizations should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.42791.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vp9_video_extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0.0, < 1.0.42791.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vp9_video_extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: VP9 Video ExtensionsFixed in: 1.0.42791.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-22709Important

VP9 Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Feb 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22709