Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability - CVE-2018-8627 (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:49778 | Date: (C)2018-12-13 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
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.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS X 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
Product: |
Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft OneNote 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac |