CVE-2020-1224

MEDIUM

Microsoft Excel - Information Disclosure via Memory Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0435
EPSS Percentile 90.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (9)
microsoft/365_apps
microsoft/excel 2010 sp2
microsoft/excel 2013 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel 2016
microsoft/office 2016
microsoft/office 2019 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office_online_server
microsoft/office_web_apps 2013 sp1
microsoft/sharepoint_enterprise_server 2013 sp1
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026