High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-0985
CVE-2019-0985
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) improperly handles text-to-speech (TTS) input. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted document containing TTS content invoked through a scripting language. The update address the vulnerability by modifying how the system handles objects in memory.
Affected products
7- Range: 6.1.0
- Range: 6.1.7601.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.1.7601.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 1v5Range: 6.1.0
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