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CVE-2020-16855

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CVE-2020-16855

Published: Sep 11, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

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>

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac

affected
16.0.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

affected
16.0.0 - < publication

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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