CVE-2020-16855
published 2020-09-11CVE-2020-16855: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose…
PriorityP428medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
4.44%
90.3th percentile
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.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | microsoft_office_2016_for_mac | >= 16.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | microsoft_office_2019_for_mac | >= 16.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_office_2016_for_mac | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_office_2019_for_mac | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-gwjj-xwgr-2v6f: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-16855 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-gwjj-xwgr-2v6f: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could
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, aka 'Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Microsoft
Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-09-08·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-16855 [MEDIUM] Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: 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.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.
FAQ: What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is memory layout - the vulnerability allows an
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2020-09-11
Published