CVE-2022-37998 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting the Local Session Manager (LSM) in Microsoft Windows 10, 11, and Server 2022. With a CVSS score of 7.7 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low complexity by a low-privileged attacker, leading to a complete denial of service. While it was patched in October 2022, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, despite being mentioned in one media article regarding Microsoft's Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21h1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.