Description: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectX that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted media file. An attacker who successfully exploited either of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that DirectX handles MJPEG and SAMI format files. Keep reading →

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When you open “Performance Information and Tools” on a Windows Vista-based computer, and then you click View and Print Details, the DirectX version may be listed as DirectX 9.0 or better. This problem occurs even though the computer is running DirectX 10.

You use a Windows Vista-based computer that has a video card that supports DirectX 10. When you click the Display tab in DirectX Diagnostic Tool, 9Ex appears as the Device Driver Interface (DDI) version. This problem occurs even though DirectX 10 appears as the DirectX version on the System tab.

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

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• Radeon® Xpress 1250 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
With DirectX Video Acceleration enabled some scenes are choppy

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