Microsoft Windows 10 1903/Server 1903 Media Foundation memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 10 1903/Server 1903. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Media Foundation. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-1430. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 10 1903/Server 1903 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function of the component Media Foundation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly parses specially crafted QuickTime media files.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user, aka 'Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

The weakness was released 11/12/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1430. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/11/2024). The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly parses specially crafted QuickTime media files.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-145345, VDB-145344, VDB-145342 and VDB-145340. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Operating System

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• Microsoft

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• Windows

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• 10 1903
• Server 1903

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
• Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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