CVE-2022-44679: Windows Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-Dec

Released

2022-12-13

EPSS Score

0.76% (percentile: 73.4%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege AppContainer. The attacker could get unauthorized access to sensitive user data outside of the AppContainer execution environment. What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? Exploiting this vulnerability could allow the disclosure of initialized or uninitialized memory in the process heap.

Affected Products (35)

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
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
• Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
• Windows RT 8.1

ESU

• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (11)

• 5021237
• 5021233
• 5021249
• 5021234
• 5021255
• 5021243
• 5021235
• 5021294
• 5021296
• 5021285
• 5021303

Acknowledgments

lm0963, renyimen, and l1nk3d with TianGong Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group

Revision History

• 2022-12-13: Information published.