CVE-2018-8627High

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
December 11, 2018
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-8627 →

📋 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 products19

  • Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office Online Server
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems

✅ Remediation

KB4011027 (Security Update) KB4461542 (Security Update) KBRelease Notes (Security Update) KB4461577 (Security Update) KB4461559 (Security Update) KB4461566 (Security Update) KB4461570 (Security Update) KB4461565 (Security Update) KBClick to Run (Security Update) KB4461569 (Security Update)

🔗 References (14)