THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-20501 (HIGH 8.4) — In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11262030; Issue ID: MSV-9197.
[NVD] CVE-2026-20501 (HIGH 8.4) — In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11262030; Issue ID: MSV-9197.
CVE-2026-20501 CVSS: 8.4 HIGH Published: 2026-09-07T02:17:18.800
In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11262030; Issue ID: MSV-9197.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-20501cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20501