CVE-2020-1525: A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the…

PriorityP346high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.85%

85.1th percentile

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Foundation handles objects in memory.

Affected

37 ranges· showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10_version_1507	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1607	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1709	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1803	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1809	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1909	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_2004	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_server_2016	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2016	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2016	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2016	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_server_2019	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_server_version_2004	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
msrc	windows_10	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_msrc7.8HIGH

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