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        "names": [
          "Dhanesh Kizhakkinan with Mandiant"
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        "category": "general",
        "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.",
        "title": "Disclaimer"
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        "text": "Required. The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires customer action to resolve.",
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        "summary": "CVE-2022-22018 HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML",
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      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "general",
          "text": "Microsoft",
          "title": "Assigning CNA"
        },
        {
          "category": "faq",
          "text": "The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally.\nFor example, when the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.",
          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?"
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        {
          "category": "faq",
          "text": "HEVC Video Extension is available to consumers and HEVC Video Extensions is used by device OEMs.",
          "title": "What is the difference between HEVC Video Extension and HEVC Video Extensions?"
        },
        {
          "category": "faq",
          "text": "If your device manufacturer preinstalled this app, package versions 2.0.51121.0 and later contain this update.\nIf you purchased this app from the Microsoft Store, package versions 2.0.51122.0 and later contain this update.\nYou can check the package version in PowerShell:\nGet-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension*",
          "title": "How can I check if the update is installed?"
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          "text": "No. Only customers who have installed the optional HEVC or \u0026quot;HEVC from Device Manufacturer\u0026quot; media codecs from Microsoft Store may be vulnerable.\nAffected customers will be automatically updated by Microsoft Store. Customers do not need to take any action to receive the update.\nAlternatively, customers who want to receive the update immediately can check for updates with the Microsoft Store App; more information on this process can be found here.\nThese updates are for optional apps/components that are offered to customers as a download via the Microsoft Store. Updates for optional store apps/components are provided via the Microsoft Store.\nHEVC is not available for offline distribution and not supported on Windows Server.  Users should not have it installed in these environments. Enterprise customers using Store for Business will receive the update in the same manner as consumer Store.\nServicing for store apps/components does not follow the monthly \u201cUpdate Tuesday\u201d cadence, but are offered whenever necessary.\nYes. However, it is possible to turn off automatic updating for store apps. In that scenario, these updates would not be installed automatically.\nThe following command will display the version of the installed package:\nGet-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension*",
          "title": "Is Windows vulnerable in the default configuration?"
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          "category": "self",
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C",
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