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

CVE-2020-1521

CVE-2020-1521

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Runtime improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Speech Runtime handles memory.

Affected products

19
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1809v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*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 1909v58 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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/Windows 10 1607v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016v55 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Speech Runtimellm-fuzzy

Patches

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