Microsoft Office out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Office. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-62842. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-62842 since 07/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Office Suite Software

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• Microsoft

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• Office

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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