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CVE-2018-8598 — An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly d

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel. This CVE ID is unique fro

CVSS
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EPSS
9.20% (top 7.40%)
CWE
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Published
2018-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T07:02:25.958Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8627.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office2019 for 32-bit editions, 2019 for 64-bit editions
MicrosoftOffice365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems, 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel2010 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)

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

CVE-2018-8627
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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