PT-2020-1897 · Microsoft · Windows Media Foundation+1

Ke Liu · Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0801

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is caused by incorrect handling of objects in memory. It may allow an attacker to install programs, view, modify, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights by using a specially crafted document or web page. Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code and affect the system.

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

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01174

CVE-2020-0801

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Foundation

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0801 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01174 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0801 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1567 · Telegram Post