Whats Windows Media Encoder?
Windows Media Encoder is a component of the Windows Media Tools. It’s used to convert, or encode, audio or video into a format that can be distributed via the Windows Media Server. It’s most commonly used to encode live audio or video for real-time broadcast, but it also can be used to encode video or audio into a Windows Media file for distribution and playback at a later time. The Windows Media Encoder generally resides on a separate server from the Windows Media Server. It sits upstream of the media server, preparing streamable data. It forwards the data to the media server, which handles the actual broadcast and distribution of the content. What would the vulnerability allow a malicious user to do? If a malicious user sent a request with a particular malformation to an affected encoder, it could cause the encoder to fail. This would not cause the server to crash, and the encoder could be put back into service simply by restarting it. Why would the malformed request cause the encode
