Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Memory Corruption (CVE-2020-0738)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-0232
Date Published: 8 Apr 2020
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 28 November, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-0738
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Memory Corruption (CVE-2020-0738) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Memory Corruption (CVE-2020-0738)

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