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CVE ID: CVE-2020-16855

Description:
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. 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 Office software.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16855
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16855
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16855

CVE ID:	CVE-2020-16855
Description:	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. 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 Office software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16855 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16855 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16855