CVE-2020-1139: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime 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 Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1803 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-05-21. Last modified 2026-08-19.