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Microsoft CVE-2018-8506: Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8506: Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/09/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/09/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted image file. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4462918-3dc24d7d-b963-414e-9b4e-e3675738f343
  • msft-kb4462918-76d0bf1d-3c96-4682-b583-7b6c474b2c74
  • msft-kb4462918-8dfead28-3928-4712-bef6-03f56a244b5f
  • msft-kb4462919-3eb4ec64-59dc-4037-a723-8981cea436d6
  • msft-kb4462919-69ac4c9f-3599-48f9-81bc-6614bd3587f5
  • msft-kb4462919-9762fb13-7146-48fa-8dfe-d7b0bed49cc6
  • msft-kb4464330-143cb496-df9f-4161-8460-cd249864f982
  • msft-kb4464330-6bd21285-b49f-46d7-990a-a3faa1e44ffd
  • msft-kb4464330-728ad5a4-82fe-4661-8d8d-cd30d56e0ae1

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