MS Windows Codecs Library RCE Vulnerability
7/20/2020
Microsoft has just released emergency security patches for two critical security holes in the Windows Codecs Library.
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Microsoft on Tuesday released emergency security patches to plug a pair of serious vulnerabilities in its Windows Codecs library that impact several Windows 10 and Windows Server versions.
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Indexed as CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457, the two remote-code execution (RCE) flaws are rated as ‘critical’ and ‘important’ in severity, respectively.
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The updates address the way how Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.