CVE-2020-0674

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2020 at 09:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:46 AM UTC
15 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 87%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score86.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 86.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to the way the Scripting Engine handles objects in memory. Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution in the context of the current user.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediation Due
May 3, 2022
1641 days overdue

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0673, CVE-2020-0710, CVE-2020-0711, CVE-2020-0712, CVE-2020-0713, CVE-2020-0767.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

microsoft-windows-10-1507 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1607 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1709 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1803 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1809 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1903 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10-1909 (environment) · microsoft-windows-7 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-rt-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2012 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2016 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2019 (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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