CVE-2021-27061 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03899.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

HEVC Video Extensions

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 1.0.40204.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:high_efficiency_video_coding:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Hevc Video Extensions Subscribe High Efficiency Video Coding Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-13832	HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27061
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27061

History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft hevc Video Extensions
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hevc_video_extensions::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft hevc Video Extensions
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27061

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-03-11T15:49:16.000Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:30:47.687Z

Reserved: 2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27061

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:40:47.087Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-11T16:15:17.707

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:49.937

Link: CVE-2021-27061

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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