Microsoft released two specials late Tuesday updates security patch to fix two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library.
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 gaps can be exploited with the help of a specially crafted archivey image.
So if a maliciously crafted image is opened inside applications that use the built-in Windows Codecs library to handle media, then it will allow attackers to run malicious code to someone computer with Windows and potentially take control of the device.
The two bugs, described as remote vulnerabilities implementationof code (RCE from remote code execution) 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.
