CVE-2020-1578 (GCVE-0-2020-1578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-17 19:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 06:39
VLAI
Title
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Summary
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could retrieve the memory address of a kernel object. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles memory addresses.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3972 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Create a notification for this product.
Microsoft Windows Server version 2004 Affected: 10.0.0 , < publication (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2020-08-11 07:00
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