CVE-2020-0721

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0691, CVE-2020-0719, CVE-2020-0720, CVE-2020-0722, CVE-2020-0723, CVE-2020-0724, CVE-2020-0725, CVE-2020-0726, CVE-2020-0731.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 11, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-0721: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix