Apr 2020:
CVE-2020-0968 Published on April 15, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0970.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0970.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-0968 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2020-0968 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-0968
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9:- Version Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 is affected.
- Version Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows Server 2019 is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version Windows Server 2016 is affected.
- Version Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 is affected.
- Version Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 is affected.
- Version Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems is affected.
- Version Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems is affected.
- Version Windows RT 8.1 is affected.
- Version Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 is affected.
- Version Windows Server 2012 R2 is affected.
- Version unspecified is affected.
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- Version unspecified is affected.
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Exploit Probability
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