CVE-2022-22713

CVSS 2.0 Score 1.9 of 10 (low)

Details

Published May 10, 2022
Updated: Jan 2, 2025

Summary

CVE-2022-22713 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology in Windows. An attacker can exploit this weakness by sending specially crafted packets to a Hyper-V host, causing it to consume excessive CPU resources and crash. As a result, the affected system may become unresponsive or unavailable to users, leading to service disruptions. Microsoft released a security update to mitigate the risk of this vulnerability, and administrators are strongly encouraged to install the patch as soon as possible to protect their Hyper-V environments.

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Affected Products

  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Affected Vendors

  • Microsoft