CVE-2020-0968

7.5 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: April 15, 2020 Modified: October 29, 2025

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-2020-0970.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0968

Source: secure@microsoft.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0968

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0968

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

US Government Resource

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

33.4%

97th percentile

Exploitation Status

Actively Exploited

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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