CVE detail

CVE-2020-1593 — CVE-2020-1593

Published 2020-09-11 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor microsoft · Product windows_10 · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
7.6
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0282
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
85.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected 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 a malicious webpage.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Audio Decoder handles objects.</p>

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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