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CVE-2022-40732

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2024-12-18 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An access violation vulnerability exists in the DirectComposition functionality win32kbase.sys driver version 10.0.22000.593 as part of Windows 11 version 22000.593 and version 10.0.20348.643 as part of Windows Server 2022 version 20348.643. A specially-crafted set of syscalls can lead to a reboot. An unprivileged user can run specially-crafted code to trigger Denial Of Service.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 11 21H2Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References