Microsoft 3D Viewer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft 3D Viewer. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-17003. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft 3D Viewer (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Base3D rendering engine improperly handles memory.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Base3D rendering engine handles memory.</p>

The weakness was presented 10/13/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-17003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Base3D rendering engine improperly handles memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Base3D rendering engine handles memory.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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02/25/2026 +1960 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-17003 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-17003
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162578

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2020 09:56
Updated: 02/25/2026 01:59
Changes: 10/14/2020 09:56 (20), 10/14/2020 09:57 (10), 10/14/2020 10:00 (21), 11/18/2020 07:30 (5), 11/19/2020 07:06 (2), 11/19/2020 07:12 (14), 02/25/2026 01:59 (29)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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