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CVE-2022-22002

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22002 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting the User Account Profile Picture feature across various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, 11, 8.1, and several Windows Server versions. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on system availability. There is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No, Hot List: Inactive). While community discussion and media coverage are minimal, Microsoft addressed this flaw in its February 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2565
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2565
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2565
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2565
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2565
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2094
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2094
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2094
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.524
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.524
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.525
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.525
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)Fixed in: 10.0.19042.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.493
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.493
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1526
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19204
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19204
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.4946
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.4946
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.4946
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.4946
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20269
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20269
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20269
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20269
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20269
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23605
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23605
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-22002Important

Windows User Account Profile Picture Denial of Service Vulnerability

Feb 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22002