VDB-164645 · CVE-2020-17065 · GCVE-0-2020-17065

Microsoft Excel up to 2019 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel up to 2019. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-17065. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel up to 2019 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 11/10/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-17065. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Spreadsheet Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Excel

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

08/04/2020 🔍
11/10/2020 +98 days 🔍
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11/11/2020 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2020 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-17065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-17065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-164645

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2020 09:44
Updated: 12/05/2020 00:51
Changes: 11/11/2020 09:44 (29), 11/11/2020 09:49 (23), 12/05/2020 00:46 (3), 12/05/2020 00:51 (18)
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