CVE-2022-40732 | Microsoft Windows 11/Server 2022 win32kbase.sys DirectComposition null pointer dereference (TALOS-2022-1514)

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 11/Server 2022. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function DirectComposition in the library win32kbase.sys. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-40732. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.