CVE-2020-1554

Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
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 a malicious webpage.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Foundation handles objects in memory.

Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de corrupción de memoria cuando Windows Media Foundation maneja inapropiadamente objetos en memoria, también se conoce como "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability". Este ID de CVE es diferente de CVE-2020-1379, CVE-2020-1477, CVE-2020-1478, CVE-2020-1492, CVE-2020-1525.

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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 a malicious webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Foundation handles objects in memory.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-11-04 CVE Reserved
2020-08-17 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1554	2024-01-19

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1607 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1607"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1709 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1709"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1803 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1803"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1809"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1903 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1903"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "1909"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10"				2004 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10" and version "2004"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 7 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 7"				-		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Rt 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Rt 8.1"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				-		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008" and version "r2"		sp1, x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				1903 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "1903"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				1909 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "1909"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				2004 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "2004"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019"				-		-		Affected