CVE-2016-7264High

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
December 13, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel 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 Excel software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.

🎯 Affected products5

  • Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac
  • Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011
  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3

✅ Remediation

KB3128019 (Security Update) KB3198800 (Security Update) KB3198808 (Security Update) KB3128023 (Security Update) KB3128022 (Security Update)

🔗 References (6)