CVE-2020-16855
Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
<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>
Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de divulgación de información cuando el software Microsoft Office lee la memoria fuera de límites debido a una variable no inicializada, que podría revelar el contenido de la memoria, también se conoce como "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability"
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-08-04 CVE Reserved
- 2020-09-11 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
- CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource
CAPEC
References (1)
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| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16855 | 2023-12-31 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Office Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" | 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" and version "2016" | macos |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Office Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" | 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" and version "2019" | macos |
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