CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1028
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-19
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
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 configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows 10 1803
• microsoft windows 10 1809
• microsoft windows 10 1903
• microsoft windows 10 1909
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1803
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 1909
• microsoft windows server 2019
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1028 msrc.microsoft.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1028 Patch, Vendor Advisory