Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1038

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:08:53
Last updated 2024-08-04 06:25:00
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Routing Utilities improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to cause a target system to stop responding.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles objects in memory.</p>