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CVE-2022-22265

Medium CVSS 5 Known exploited

Published 2022-01-10 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2023-09-18

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2022-22265 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-09-18. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2022-22265, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L