PT-2019-3303 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2019-09-12 · CVE-2019-1251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling objects in memory in the DirectWrite application programming interface of Windows operating systems. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information by opening a specially crafted document or visiting a specially crafted web page. This can potentially allow attackers to obtain sensitive information and affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03401

CVE-2019-1251

ZDI-19-808

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1251 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-808 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03401 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1251 · Security Note