CVE-2020-16901
published 2020-10-16CVE-2020-16901: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an…
PriorityP424medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
1.46%
70.8th percentile
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory.
To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1909 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1909_for_32-bit_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1909_for_arm64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1909_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_version_1909 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc5.0MEDIUM
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GHSA
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Microsoft
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-10-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2020-16901 [MEDIUM] Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory.
To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.
FAQ: What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory and kernel memory - unintentional read access to memory contents in kernel space from a
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2020-10-16
Published