# Microsoft patches exploited vulnerability CVE-2022-22047

Published: 2022-07-12 · Severity: elevated
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/334b0a66-b2a4-5a3c-a30d-aa7b0f3dfd4e/microsoft-patches-exploited-vulnerability-cve-2022-22047

> Microsoft patches July 2022 vulnerabilities; CVE-2022-22047 exploited in the wild.

On July 13, 2022, Microsoft released security patches for multiple product vulnerabilities. The vulnerability CVE-2022-22047 has been confirmed by Microsoft as actively exploited in the wild, creating immediate risk of further compromise. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in application crashes or complete system compromise under attacker control. IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) issued this advisory urging immediate patching through Windows Update to prevent escalation of attacks leveraging these flaws.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-22047 (KEV)

Source reporting: https://www.ipa.go.jp/archive/security/security-alert/2022/20220713-ms.html

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