CVE-2020-1256

Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<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 the 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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04601 · 91.6th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:09Z
    Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    cvelistv5