Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires a user to open a specially crafted file from the attacker to initiate remote code execution.
Security updates
10.0.17763.9245 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122876
10.0.20348.5622 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122882
10.0.19044.7725 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122878
10.0.26100.33438 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122871
10.0.26200.9445 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5124008
10.0.22631.7582 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122880
10.0.28000.2954 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5124012
10.0.14393.9512 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123099
6.2.9200.26349 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123065
6.3.9600.23398 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123066
16.0.20430.20000 — https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365
16.112.26090911 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Windows Imaging Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Imaging Component allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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#2
Added supported editions of Microsoft Office to the Security Updates table because they are affected by this vulnerability. Microsoft recommends that customers running any of these editions of Office install the latest security updates to be fully protected from this vulnerability.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-69499 Windows Imaging Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69499
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss