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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-37981

Windows Event Logging Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.87%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Windows Event Logging Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
2.87% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 11 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.87%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.