CVE-2020-1097: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a user’s system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.

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; version r2 only
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.