CVE-2022-38030: Windows USB Serial Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.3)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-Oct

Released

2022-10-11

EPSS Score

1.11% (percentile: 78.2%)

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is unintentional read access from uninitialized memory, which can be from either kernel memory or another user-mode process.

Affected Products (19)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems

Security Updates (5)

• 5018419
• 5018410
• 5018421
• 5018418
• 5018427

Acknowledgments

Martin Zak with <a href="https://www.zaber.com/">Zaber Technologies Inc.</a>

Revision History

• 2022-10-11: Information published.