CVE-2020-1119: Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Information Disclosure
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2020-Sep
Released
2020-09-08
EPSS Score
0.89% (percentile: 75.5%)

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when StartTileData.dll improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which StartTileData.dll handles objects in memory.

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.

Affected Products (12)

Other

  • 11712
  • 11713
  • 11714
  • 11715
  • 11644
  • 11645
  • 11646
  • 11647
  • 11766
  • 11767
  • 11768
  • 11769

Security Updates (2)

Acknowledgments

Guest Anonymous

Revision History

  • 2020-09-08: Information published.