PT-2023-7711 · Microsoft · Windows Media+1

Lê Trần Hải Tùng + 3 · Published 2023-12-12 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-21740

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Media (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Windows Media component of Windows operating systems. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code, allowing an attacker to affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08778

CVE-2023-21740

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21740 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-21740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08778 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21740 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21740 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/702420 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023121287 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/63800 · Telegram Post