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CVE-2022-29111

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29111 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can be exploited with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on an affected system. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community and media attention, including a mention in Microsoft's June 2022 Patch Tuesday.

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
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2022-29111Important

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-29111
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29111