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CVE-2026-113749

Heap buffer overflow in Windows Codecs Library

CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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A heap-based buffer overflow (with an integer overflow) in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library lets an unauthorized attacker run code. It is reachable over the network without privileges, but only if a user interacts with crafted content and the attack is complex. Successful exploitation gives high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected Windows system.

What to do: Apply Microsoft's update for CVE-2026-113749. Microsoft has not listed a fixed version or workaround.

ProductAffected
Microsoft Windows Codecs Library—
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Codecs Library allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-190
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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