CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-0301

Double Free

Published: Mar 12, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Double free vulnerability in qedit.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image, aka DirectShow Memory Corruption Vulnerability.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_7Microsoft–sp1 (including)–sp1 (including)
Windows_8Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2003Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoftr2-sp1 (including)r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoftr2 (including)r2 (including)
Windows_vistaMicrosoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_xpMicrosoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_xpMicrosoft–sp3 (including)–sp3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References