CVE-2020-1126

Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
May 21, 2020
Updated
Aug 19, 2026
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected

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