vulnerability
CVE-2017-0105: Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability [Office for Mac]
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Mar 16, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | May 8, 2018 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 16, 2017
Added
Jun 13, 2017
Modified
May 8, 2018
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. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view out of bound memory.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.
Solution
office-for-mac-upgrade-14_7_2
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