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CVE-2018-8378 — An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software re

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Word, Microso

CVSS
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EPSS
26.94% (top 3.70%)
CWE
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Published
2018-08-15T17:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T06:54:36.156Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Word, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWordAutomation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
MicrosoftMicrosoft SharePoint Server2013 Service Pack 1
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Word ViewerMicrosoft Office Word Viewer
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel Viewer2007 Service Pack 3
MicrosoftMicrosoft SharePointEnterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Enterprise Server 2016
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions), 2016 (32-bit edition), 2016 (64-bit edition), 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions, 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions, Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2, Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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