Title: CVE-2025-53131 — What Windows admins need to know about the new Windows Media RCE (heap-based buffer overflow)
Summary (TL;DR)
CVE-2025-53131 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media components that can allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a...
For many Windows users, the mention of Windows Media Player (WMP) evokes a sense of nostalgia—a throwback to an era when digital music libraries and the concept of the personal playlist were just beginning to transform how we experienced entertainment on our PCs. Originally debuting with Windows...
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Here’s what is known about CVE-2025-49682:
Title: Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: Use After Free
Description: An authorized attacker can exploit a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Media to locally elevate their privileges on an affected system.
Attack Vector...
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