PT-2020-3656 · Microsoft · Windows Media Foundation+1

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2026-02-23 · CVE-2020-1379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 an attacker to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The exploitation can occur through various means, such as convincing a user to open a specially crafted document or visit a malicious webpage.

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:2020-04004

CVE-2020-1379

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Foundation

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04004 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1379 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1379 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67943 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/sysadm_in_channel/2069 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/152901 · Telegram Post