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Remote Code Execution in Windows from Malformed Images (microsoft.com)
2 points by dijit on Sept 12, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> CVE-2018-8475 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows OS, which exists due to the image-loading functionality improperly handling malformed image files. An attacker could exploit this bug by convincing a user to load a malformed image file from either a web page, email or other method

So, it affects web-browsing too. But I assume with the Edge/IE Browsers and not Chrome/Firefox. (it's dangerous to assume, I know)




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