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CVE-2018-8627
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, wh…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.6%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Excel. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8598.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
8.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Microsoft Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
References
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8627 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/106120 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-8627
- NVD: CVE-2018-8627
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