An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Graph…

published 2020-02-11 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-2279

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0715, CVE-2020-0745.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0792 advisory

Exploit prediction

1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0792
patch, vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-20-259/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-0792
NVD CVE-2020-0792

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Summary