Security Advisory

CVE-2020-17022

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-10-16 22:18:12
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:45:34
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<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>