VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-0301

critical
Published 2014-03-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Double free vulnerability in qedit.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image, aka "DirectShow Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-013

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected
windows windowsr2affected

References

CWEs

CWE-415

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.