Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2020-1040

Critical 9.0 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed active exploitation.

Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.

CISA KEV
Name
Microsoft Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system, aka 'Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1032, CVE-2020-1036, CVE-2020-1041, CVE-2020-1042, CVE-2020-1043.

Affected products

microsoft: windows server 2008; microsoft: windows server 2012; microsoft: windows server 2016

References5

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.0 CRITICAL Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
7% percentile: 94 · as of 2 November 2026
CWE
CWE-20