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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2020-16855 EUVD-2020-8813GHSA-gwjj-xwgr-2v6f

Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view out of bound memory.</p>
<p>Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.</p>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 16.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac 16.0.0 – < publication publication

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