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Windows Subsystem for Linux Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published May 21, 2020

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Subsystem for Linux improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. A attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published May 21, 2020
Updated Aug 19, 2026
Reserved Nov 4, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Aug 19, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner microsoft
Published May 21, 2020
Updated Aug 19, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2020-11965