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CVE-2022-22006

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22006 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 not currently in the KEV catalog or having public exploit code, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.50361.0CPE 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
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 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 (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: HEVC Video ExtensionsFixed in: 1.0.50361.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: HEVC Video ExtensionFixed in: 1.0.50361.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Mar/CVE-2022-22006Critical

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Mar 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22006