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CVE-2022-30188

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-30188 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system through user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or evidence of active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.0.51121.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hevc_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
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 84th 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: HEVC Video ExtensionFixed in: 2.0.51122.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: HEVC Video ExtensionsFixed in: 2.0.51121.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-30188Important

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-30188
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30188