Microsoft Office up to LTSC 2021 ActiveX heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 SP1/2016/2019/LTSC 2021. This affects an unknown function of the component ActiveX. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-33152. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 SP1/2016/2019/LTSC 2021 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 07/11/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-33152. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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05/17/2023 🔍
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05/19/2026 +1043 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2023-33152 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33152
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-233626

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2023 19:53
Updated: 05/19/2026 23:44
Changes: 07/11/2023 19:53 (9), 07/11/2023 19:54 (20), 07/11/2023 19:57 (25), 07/28/2023 15:55 (1), 07/28/2023 16:01 (20), 05/19/2026 23:44 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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