CVE-2020-16855
Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
MEDIUM 5.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.42 % · percentile 91 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Modified
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>
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | 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 | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-8813
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-16855
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-561 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Office · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac | affected 16.0.0 < publication |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac | affected 16.0.0 < publication |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |