An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows KernelStream improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows KernelStream handles objects in memory.
Find out more about CVE-2020-16889 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
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Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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Linux | ||||
Wind River Linux LTS 17 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 8 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 9 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 7 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 21 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 22 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 18 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 19 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux CD release | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 6 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 23 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
VxWorks | ||||
VxWorks 7 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
VxWorks 6.9 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | ||||
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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