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

CVE-2020-1524

CVE-2020-1524

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Shell Components improperly handle 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 Shell Components handle memory.

Affected products

14
  • 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 1909v56 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • 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 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 Speech Shell Componentsllm-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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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