# CVE-2022-34849: Denial of service in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows

> A privileged local user can cause a denial of service via an uncaught exception in Intel Iris Xe MAX drivers for Windows.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5gc-vrfj-fv23

## What is CVE-2022-34849?

CVE-2022-34849 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows, published on 16 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Uncaught exception in the Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows before version 100.0.5.1436(v2) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-755 (Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34849?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Iris Xe Max Dedicated Graphics.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34849?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34849 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows

- [CVE-2021-0121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0121/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-30531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30531/): Information disclosure in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34849 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34849 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows, published on 16 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX drivers for Windows. 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-2022-34849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34849/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34849
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34849
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34849

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.