CVE-2022-41058
Published: 09 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-41058 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-41058. The flaw resides in the NAT component of Windows and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, resulting in high availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity loss.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted network traffic that triggers the vulnerability, causing the affected NAT service to stop responding and thereby disrupting connectivity for systems that rely on it for address translation.
Microsoft’s Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41058 addresses the issue and supplies patch information for supported Windows releases. The associated EPSS score has remained at 0.2487 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-44303
Vulnerability details
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.