Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Color Management ICM32.dll memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected is an unknown function in the library ICM32.dll of the component Color Management. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-1117. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing in the library ICM32.dll of the component Color Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Color Management Module (ICM32.dll) handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Color Management Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-1117. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/13/2020). The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Color Management Module (ICM32.dll) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

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

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Type

• Operating System

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• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 10 1607
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• Server 1803
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

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• commercial

Website

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

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