Η Microsoft released two emergency security updates late Tuesday to fix two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Library Windows Codecs.
Vulnerabilities have been recorded as CVE-2020-1425 & CVE-2020-1457. Security vulnerabilities affect only Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 versions.
According to Microsoft, the two security vulnerabilities can be exploited with the help of a specially designed image file.
So if a maliciously crafted image opens in applications που χρησιμοποιούν την ενσωματωμένη βιβλιοθήκη Windows Codecs για το χειρισμό των media, τότε θα επιτρέψει στους εισβολείς να τρέξουν κακόβουλο κώδικα σε κάποιο υπολογιστή με Windows και ενδεχομένως να αναλάβουν τον έλεγχο της devices.
The two errors, described as remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities were patched late last night and released publicly this morning.
Updates to the Windows Codecs Library are available through the Windows Store application, not through Windows Update.
"Our customers do not need to take any action to receive the update," says Microsoft.
The Redmond-based company said the bugs were reported privately and have not been used to date when they were made public.
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, a program for intermediate communications between security researchers and larger companies, has announced vulnerabilities to Microsoft. Behind the discovery was researcher Abdul-Aziz Hariri, who handed over the errors to the ZDI team.
