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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1479

CVE-2020-1479

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DirectX handles objects in memory.

Affected products

15
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1809v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2019v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1909v57 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Directxllm-fuzzy
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20163 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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