CVE-2020-1459HighCVSS 5.5

Windows ARM Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
August 11, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists on ARM implementations that use speculative execution in control flow via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation." To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker with local privileges would need to run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by bypassing the speculative execution.

🎯 Affected products4

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems

✅ Remediation

KB4565349 (Security Update) KB4565351 (Security Update) KB4566782 (Security Update)

🔗 References (6)