Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-16855Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.4% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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>
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac | 16.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac | 16.0.0 – before publication |