{"id":"CVE-2020-1574","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-1574","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:47.259Z","title":"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.","description":"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code.\nExploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted image file.\nThe update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.","published":"2020-08-17T19:15:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:01:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10"],"epss":{"score":0.02592,"percentile":0.85198,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1574","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1574","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1574","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}