CVE-2020-0941

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to either log on locally to an affected system, or convince a locally authenticated user to execute a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.</p>

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2020-0941: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix