<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code.</p> <p>Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted image file.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.</p>
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04752}

epss

{'score': 0.08335}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:18:12

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.874Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:17.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:38.930

Link: CVE-2020-17022

cve-icon Redhat

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