Description
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a user’s system.</p>
<p>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 an untrusted webpage.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p>
Published: 2020-09-11
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 27.2% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Description <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a user’s system.</p> <p>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 an untrusted webpage.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p> <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a user’s system.</p> <p>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 an untrusted webpage.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p>

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1507 Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Sp2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:25:00.934Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1091

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:18.667

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:23:32.110

Link: CVE-2020-1091

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