Security Update for Windows Media Encoder (KB954156) 9.0

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder (KB954156) by Microsoft

This official Microsoft update addresses a critical security vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow remote code execution if a user opens specially crafted media content or visits a malicious website hosting the encoder component. The update improves how Windows Media Encoder processes certain media formats, helping prevent unauthorized code from running and enhancing overall system security and reliability.

Microsoft recommends that all users with Windows Media Encoder installed apply this update promptly. A restart may be required to complete installation. This release delivers security fixes only and does not add new features.

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder (KB954156) is developed by Microsoft and is used by 6 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4 and 9.0. The names of program executable files are DECCHECK.exe, wmstreamedt.exe, wmseditor.exe, wmenc.exe and wmeditor.exe. Works with wme file type.