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CVE record · CVE-2022-38044

Windows CD-ROM File System Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighCriticalEPSS 0.56 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 7.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.56 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 Oct 2022, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
  • affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.674 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.2130 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.1098 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.2130 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19044.2130 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1129 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3532 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.21721 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.26174 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20625 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20625 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.3532 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3532 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3532 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.19507 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5427 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5427 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5427 custom
Microsoft Windows 7
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.26174 custom
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.26174 custom
Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20625 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.21721 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.6003.0 to before 6.0.6003.21721 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.26174 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23920 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23920 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2022-38044
CNA
microsoft
Tags
Published
11 Oct 2022
Updated
27 Aug 2025

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.56, the 99th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Oct 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.