What is GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9?

GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory,...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9 cover?

GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1140. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9?

GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9HighCVSS 7.8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory,...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1140 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1140
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1140
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1140
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qc59-6w85-q4w9