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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2020-1224

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain Excel functions handle objects in memory.</p>

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1

  • 15.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019

  • 19.0.0 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac

  • 16.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Office Online Server

  • 16.0.1 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

  • 16.0.1 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016

  • 16.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

  • 16.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2

  • 13.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1

  • 15.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1

  • 15.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

References