CVE-2022-22002 Windows User Account Profile Picture Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Windows by exploiting a vulnerability in the User Account Profile Picture handling.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-22002?

CVE-2022-22002 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows User Account Profile Picture Denial of Service Vulnerability

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22002?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22002?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22002 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-22002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v486-mqfx-fv74.

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