CVE-2019-0570 Use after free in Windows 10

What is CVE-2019-0570?

CVE-2019-0570 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 8 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0570?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0570?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-0570 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-0570 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gq22-cxhv-mvpf.