Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1097

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:08:58
Last updated 2024-10-01 15:57:12
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a user’s system.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p>