CVE-2020-16938 — Improper Initialization in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
10.6%
top 6.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages8 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-xp39-whpp-93gx: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory↗2022-05-24
GHSA▶
GHSA-pr2j-c9wc-9h25: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Information Disclosur↗2022-05-24