PT-2020-3001
CVE-2020-1457
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Published
2020-06-30
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Updated
2023-11-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows Codecs Library (affected versions not specified)
Description
A remote code execution issue exists due to errors in handling objects in memory. This can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted image file. The vulnerability is related to the processing of media content and can lead to out-of-bounds write issues when parsing certain file types, such as MKV or HEIC files.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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