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Double free vulnerability in qedit.dll in DirectShow in...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Double free vulnerability in qedit.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image, aka "DirectShow Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 12, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(96th percentile)

Weaknesses

Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0301

GHSA ID

GHSA-g64g-4rgj-357m

Source code

No known source code

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