Microsoft released two emergency security updates late Tuesday to fix two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library.
Vulnerabilities have been recorded as CVE-2020-1425 & CVE-2020-1457. The security holes only affect Windows 10 and Windows versions Server & Hosting 2019.
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 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 don't have to do any energy to receive the update," Microsoft says.
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.
