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CVE-2021-27047

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-27047 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but once exploited, it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention beyond its initial disclosure during Microsoft's March 2021 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:high_efficiency_video_coding:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Mar/CVE-2021-27047Important

HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Mar 9, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27047
PatchVendor Advisory