PT-2020-2734 · Microsoft · Windows Media Foundation+1

Hossein Lotfi · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A memory corruption issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory by Windows Media Foundation. This can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, potentially affecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

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

RCE

Improper Privilege Management

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02812

CVE-2020-1238

ZDI-20-695

ZDI-20-696

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Foundation

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1238 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-695 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1238 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02812 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-696 · Security Note