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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2020-1219

High
7.5/10

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published