Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet_explorer
CVE-2020-1570
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the con…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.088 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 11, 9
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 — versions 1.0.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 — versions 1.0.0
- Microsoft Windows_10 — versions 1607, 1709, 1803
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_8.1
- Microsoft Windows_rt_8.1
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008
- Microsoft Windows_server_2012 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_server_2016
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-1570?
- CVE-2020-1570 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet_explorer, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-17.
- How severe is CVE-2020-1570?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.