CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-40733

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 18, 2024 | Modified: Aug 26, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_11_21h2 Microsoft 10.0.22000.593 (including) 10.0.22000.593 (including)
Windows_server_2022 Microsoft 10.0.20348.643 (including) 10.0.20348.643 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References