CVE-2020-17022: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

<p>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.</p> <p>Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a program process a specially crafted image file.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory.</p>

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only

Published 2020-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.