Nov 2026: Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-122168 Published on November 10, 2026
Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Vulnerability Analysis
Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL
Weakness Type
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-122168
Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for Microsoft products? stack.watch will email you.
