CVE-2022-21994
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21994- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27148
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-27148- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95j3-jpcx-676c
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-95j3-jpcx-676c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21994- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21994 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, published February 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.20%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.