Summary
Impact: Information Disclosure. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
An attacker must send a user a malicious Office file and convince them to open it.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
Yes, the Preview Pane is an attack vector.
Are the updates for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 currently available?
Yes. As of June 16, 2025, the security update for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021, 2024 and Microsoft Office 365 for Mac are available. Customers running Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021, 2024 and Microsoft Office 365 for Mac should ensure the update is installed to be protected from this vulnerability.
Are the updates for Microsoft Office for Android currently available?
Yes. As of June 15, 2026, the security update for Microsoft Office for Android are available. Customers running Microsoft Office for Android should ensure the update is installed to be protected from this vulnerability.
Security updates
16.0.20131.20024 — https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/113412?hl=en
16.110.26061317 — https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/mac/microsoft-365-for-mac?msockid=35f9adb0e74b61392038b90de6fe608c
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
16.110.26061317 — https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 4.7
Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Revision history
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#2
Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac. Customers running affected Mac software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability. Customers running other Microsoft Office software do not need to take any action. See the [Release Notes](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049) for more information and download links.
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#3
Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Android. Customers running affected Microsoft Office for Android software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-45460 Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45460
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss