Flaw in Microsoft codec reputedly allows malware embedded in images & multimedia content to take over the computer

Dateline today, all verbatim...

"If the malformed images are opened inside apps that utilize the
built-in Windows Codecs Library to handle multimedia content, then
attackers would be allowed to run malicious code on a Windows computer
and potentially take over the device."

o *Microsoft releases emergency security update to fix two bugs in Windows codecs*
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-emergency-security-update-to-fix-two-bugs-in-windows-codecs/

"The patches have been deployed to customer systems via an update to the
Windows Codecs Library, delivered through the Windows Store app -- not
the Windows Update mechanism."

'Customers do not need to take any action to receive the update,'

"Redmond said the bugs were privately reported"

"Tracked as CVE-2020-1425 & CVE-2020-1457, the two bugs only impact
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 distributions."
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1425
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1457

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