SB2022011118 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel
Published: January 11, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21912)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in DirectX Graphics Kernel. A local user can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21918)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in DirectX Graphics Kernel File. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21898)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in DirectX Graphics Kernel. A local user can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.