CVE-2022-21996
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-09 16:36
Modified
2024-08-03 03:00
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21996
Impacted products
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 21H2
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