CVE-2022-44707

23

FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44707 is a Windows Kernel Denial of Service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Windows 10, 11, 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 through 2022. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger a denial of service with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in Microsoft's December 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
		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:::::::*
		22h2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:22h2:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.54%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

83.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (35)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3770

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3770

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.3770

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3770

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.3770

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1366

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1366

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1335

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1335

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.993

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.993

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2364

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19624

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19624

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5582

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5582

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5582

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5582

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20721

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20721

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20721

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20721

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20721

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.24018

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.24018

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Dec/CVE-2022-44707Important

Windows Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44707