CVE-2020-0922: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file or lure the target to a website hosting malicious JavaScript.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.</p>

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1607 only; version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; …
  • Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.