CVE-2023-38170 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Hevc Video Extensions

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hevc_video_extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38170

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00714}`	epss `{'score': 0.00766}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-08-08T17:08:43.944Z

Updated: 2025-01-01T01:59:01.369Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T23:41:45.863Z

Link: CVE-2023-38170

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.096Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-08T18:15:22.347

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:00.303

Link: CVE-2023-38170

Redhat

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