CVE-2022-21973

Published: Mar 9, 2022

Modified: Jul 8, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Windows Media Center Update Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 7	affected `6.1.0 - < 6.1.7601.25898`
Microsoft	Windows 7 Service Pack 1	affected `6.1.0 - < 6.1.7601.25898`
Microsoft	Windows 8.1	affected `6.3.0 - < 6.3.9600.20303`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.23645`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.23645`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.20303`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.20303`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

vendor-advisory

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