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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-0301

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…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 14.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
13.97% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-415
Affected
microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 13.97%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 14.0% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.