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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-16855

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 5:15:50 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Changed Description
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, aka 'Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
<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>