CVE-2022-22018 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02292.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

HEVC Video Extension

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0.0`	affected	< 2.0.51122.0

Microsoft

HEVC Video Extensions

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 2.0.51121.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hevc_video_extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Hevc Video Extensions Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-27172	HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22018
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-22018

History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22018

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-06-15T21:51:09.000Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T18:23:55.620Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-22018

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:00:54.951Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-15T22:15:12.947

Modified: 2026-11-02T19:17:47.977

Link: CVE-2022-22018

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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