CVE-2020-16855: microsoft microsoft office 2016 for mac Out-of-bounds Read

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16855 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in microsoft microsoft office 2016 for mac. EPSS estimates a 4.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-09-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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>

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
• CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceThe product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.