CVE-2022-21812

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-21812 · Published 18/08/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-21812 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting hardware accelerated execution manager (intel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.7.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
hardware accelerated execution manager intel	`< 7.7.1`	`7.7.1`

Description

Improper access control in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.7.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

References

intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00655.html · Vendor Advisory

More vulnerabilities in hardware accelerated execution manager

See all →

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free