CVE-2022-23301 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction and local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited (KEV: No) and lacking public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it garnered some community discussion and media coverage during the March 2022 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.50361.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hevc_video_extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.