CVE-2020-0955 Information disclosure in Windows
Attackers can exploit speculative CPU execution to read sensitive memory contents, affecting Windows kernel security.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-0955?
CVE-2020-0955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 15 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Information Disclosure in CPU Memory Access'.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0955?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-0955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-p54j-3f84-hx6h.