Summary
Microsoft DirectX contains a NULL byte overwrite vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- DirectX
- Added to KEV
- May 20, 2026
- Remediation due
- Jun 3, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- EPSS
- 51.1% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
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