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The Windows Imaging Component (WIC) tag covers discussions about this essential Windows imaging codec framework. Content includes a security advisory for CVE-2025-47980, an information-disclosure vulnerability in WIC that was patched in July 2025, with guidance on mitigation and patch deployment. Another thread references WIC as part of the Platform Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, which updated DirectX components including Direct2D, DirectWrite, Direct3D, and WIC to improve performance and features. Topics range from security updates and vulnerability management to platform updates and imaging functionality in Windows environments.
Below is a detailed, publish-ready technical brief on the Windows Imaging Component information-disclosure issue you asked about. I’ve also checked the public advisories and noticed a likely mismatch in the CVE number you supplied — see the “Note on the CVE number” section first.
Note on the CVE...
Update Tuesday (Tomorrow 26th Feb 2013) see's Microsoft releasing platform updates for Win 7, 8 and RT. It is thought that the final version of IE10 will be released for Windows 7.
You can download a pre release version, detailed above, now.
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