CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1508
7.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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
Description
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Audio Decoder handles objects.</p>
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• 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 10 2004
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 1909
• microsoft windows server 2016 2004
• microsoft windows server 2019
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1508 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1508 Patch, Vendor Advisory