CVE-2020-1409
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1409- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1409- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12285 No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12285- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrgf-6qrc-hmmg No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that DirectWrite handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-vrgf-6qrc-hmmg- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft office
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows server
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- microsoft windows server, version 1903 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server, version 1909 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server, version 2004 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows 8.1
- microsoft windows rt 8.1
- microsoft windows server 2008
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2019
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-1409 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Office, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.