CVE-2023-38150 (GCVE-0-2023-38150)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-12 16:58 – Updated: 2025-10-30 18:17
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Summary
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2 Affected: 10.0.0 , < 10.0.22000.2416 (custom)
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    Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 Affected: 10.0.22621.0 , < 10.0.22621.2283 (custom)
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