Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Imaging Library memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. This affects an unknown function of the component Imaging Library. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-0708. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Imaging Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Imaging Library improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to coerce a victim to open a specially crafted file.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Imaging Library handles memory., aka 'Windows Imaging Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

The weakness was disclosed 02/11/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-0708. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/11/2020). The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Imaging Library improperly handles memory.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-149931, VDB-149930, VDB-149929 and VDB-149928 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 7 SP1
• 8.1
• 10
• 10 1607
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• RT 8.1
• Server 1803
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
• Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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