CVE-2020-1425

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability9.27 %higher than 95% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A remoted code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1457.

CVSS

Base score: 7.8
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 9.27 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Primary impactT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact
Primary impactT1574 Hijack Execution Flowstealth · execution

Source: official MITRE CTID mapping (CVE → ATT&CK).

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Developer Guidance User Account Management Restrict File and Directory Permissions Restrict Registry Permissions Filter Network Traffic Execution Prevention

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Windows 10

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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