CVE-2019-1009
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 48.49% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1009
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39723d8227b248781898c200aa24b154683673287b150a204b83787d%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/da9ee189d1756f8508d0f2386d8e25aca5a6df541739829232be8a94%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fb6c84fd387de997e5e366d50b0ca331a328c466432c80f8c5eed33d%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1009Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.