Security News > 2020 > February > IE zero day and heap of RDP flaws fixed in February Patch Tuesday
The fix is part of the February Patch Tuesday update that features a record 99 security vulnerabilities including 12 marked as 'critical' and 87 'important'.
The first indication of the IE zero-day, now identified as CVE-2020-0674, appeared when Mozilla fixed a very similar issue in Firefox on 8 January, less than two days after the appearance of version 72.
The attacks were reported to Mozilla by a third party which, in a later deleted reference, mentioned that the same issue also affected IE. On 17 January, Microsoft issued its own alert regarding the Scripting Engine memory corruption flaw, citing IE's Enhanced Security Configuration protection as mitigation against attacks.
Another critical is CVE-2020-0738 - a memory corruption flaw in Windows Media Foundation, while CVE-2020-0689, marked important, could offer attackers a way around Microsoft Secure Boot.
Adobe's February update features 42 CVEs, including 21 criticals in Framemaker alone.
News URL
Related news
- Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws (source)
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws (source)
- Microsoft March 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 7 zero-days, 57 flaws (source)
- Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero day fixes, or six critical flaws (source)
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 57 Security Flaws – Including Active Zero-Days (source)
- February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development (source)
- February's Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes (source)
- Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes 63 Flaws, Including Two Under Active Exploitation (source)
- March 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: A return to normalcy (source)
- Apple Releases Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks (source)
Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-11 | CVE-2020-0674 | Use After Free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11/9 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'. | 7.5 |
| 2020-02-11 | CVE-2020-0689 | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in secure boot, aka 'Microsoft Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'. | 6.7 |
| 2020-02-11 | CVE-2020-0738 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Microsoft products A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. | 8.8 |