CVE-2020-16949

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-10-16 22:18Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-04

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0e025027657b955080ffdc82c5d0ecc86f6386d766abeb5c695c0af46882a839

• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16949x_refsource_MISC