Base3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Base3D rendering engine improperly handles memory.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Base3D rendering engine handles memory.</p>
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA 3D Viewer (Microsoft) Fixed in publication
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-17003
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qp9-54h2-9wwv
More Microsoft 3d Viewer vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19221 3D Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-19220 3D Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-12908 Base3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-11930 3D Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-11929 3D Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-18566 3D Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-17003 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-17003 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2qp9-54h2-9wwv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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