Understanding Emerging Video Formats

In my previous post, we discussed two new image formats: High-Efficiency Image File HEIF and AV1 Image File AVIF. In this article, we'll take a closer look at two emerging video formats built on the same foundations. Akamai Image & Video Manager IVM already supports the key video codecs H.264,...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, a system library for processing media content, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, a component of the Windows operating system, relates to the execution of operations beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Microsoft Releases Windows Security Updates For Critical Flaws

Microsoft formally released fixes for 112 newly discovered security vulnerabilities as part of its November 2020 Patch Tuesday, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw disclosed by Google's security team last week. The rollout addresses flaws, 17 of which are rated as Critical, 93 are rated...

November 2020 Patch Tuesday – 112 Vulnerabilities, 17 Critical, Windows Codecs, Network File System, Workstation, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 vulnerabilities with 17 of them labeled as Critical. The 17 Critical vulnerabilities cover Windows Codecs, Network File System, Sharepoint, Windows Print Spooler, and several other workstation vulnerabilities. Adobe released patches today for Ado...

Microsoft Windows Codecs Library RCE (October 2020)

The Windows 'HEVC Video Extensions' or 'HEVC from Device Manufacturer' app installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory. An attacker who...

The vulnerability of the Windows Codecs Library component in Windows operating systems allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Windows Codecs Library component in Windows operating systems is related to the execution of operations beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Microsoft Windows Codecs Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is a set of operating systems for use on personal devices from the American company Microsoft. A security vulnerability in the handling of memory objects by Microsoft Windows Codecs allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability by submitting a special request that can be...

Vulnerability fixed in Windows

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in the Windows Codecs Library. Users who had installed the HEVC codec from the Microsoft Store had installed it were vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code by a remote malicious person. The malicious party to do this must induce the victim to play a rogu...

CVE-2020-17022

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. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted ima...

CVE-2020-17022

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. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted ima...

Remote code execution

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. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted ima...

CVE-2020-17022

CVE-2020-17022 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Codecs Library that allows arbitrary code execution when a program processes a specially crafted image file. Multiple connected sources (MSRC/MS hardening guidance, Nessus plug-in, CNVD, NCSC) describe the issue as affec...

CVE-2020-17022 Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Microsoft Fixes RCE Flaws in Out-of-Band Windows Update

Microsoft has issued out-of-band patches for two “important” severity vulnerabilities, which if exploited could allow for remote code execution. One flaw CVE-2020-17023 exists in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code is a free source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS. The other...

Microsoft Releases Security Updates to Address Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released security updates to address remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA...

Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted ima...

netty: compression/decompression codecs don't enforce limits on buffer allocation sizes

A flaw was found in Netty in the way it handles the amount of data it compresses and decompresses. The Compression/Decompression codecs should enforce memory allocation size limits to avoid an Out of Memory Error OOME or exhaustion of the memory pool...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4577668)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4577668 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4579311)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4579311 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4577671)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4577671 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...