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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2020-0878 Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability Microsoft Edge Critical 09-09-2020

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

 

Detailed Information on the risk:

An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, the attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
An attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Microsoft browsers, and then convince a user to view the website. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites, or websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements, by adding specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability. In all cases, however, 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 via an enticement in email or instant message, or by getting them to open an email attachment.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Microsoft browsers handle objects in memory.

Further information on this vulnerability is available at : CVE-2020-0878

Affected Software

ChakraCore
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2019
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2016
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows RT 8.1
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2012
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Server 2012 R2