CVE-2020-1167

Publication date

2020-10-16 22:18:14

Family

microsoft

State

PUBLISHED

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system.

To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory.