CVE-2020-1285

GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 8.4
EPSS
EPSS 3.96 % · percentile 90 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

Description

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in the 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.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability:</p> <ul> <li>In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability and then convince users to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to open an email attachment or click a link in an email or instant message.</li> <li>In a file-sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability, and then convince users to open the document file.</li> </ul> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that the Windows GDI handles objects in the memory.</p>

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsaffected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsaffected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsaffected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsaffected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 7affected 6.1.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1affected 6.1.0 < publication

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD