CVE-2022-21973 Windows Media Center Update Denial of Service Vulnerability
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21973 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-21973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 9 Mar 2022.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Windows 7. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21973/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-21973?
CVE-2022-21973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 9 Mar 2022.
Official description
Windows Media Center Update Denial of Service Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21973?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
How do I fix CVE-2022-21973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-21973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-r298-475q-q8x5.