<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>
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac | affected |
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| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac | affected |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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> | <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> |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.993Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-16855
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:16.793
Modified: 2026-02-23T18:21:11.887
Link: CVE-2020-16855
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