CVE-2020-1224

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 4.35 % · percentile 91 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

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>

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1affected 15.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019affected 19.0.0 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019 for Macaffected 16.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Office Online Serveraffected 16.0.1 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterpriseaffected 16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel 2016affected 16.0.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2016 for Macaffected 16.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2affected 13.0.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1affected 15.0.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1affected 15.0.0.0 < publication

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD