CVE-2021-38657: Microsoft Office Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.1)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Category
- Remote Code Execution
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Exploitation Likelihood
- Less Likely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2021-Sep
- Released
- 2021-09-14
- Last Updated
- 2021-09-23
- EPSS Score
- 0.29% (percentile: 51.9%)
FAQ
What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
Affected Products (2)
Microsoft Office
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
Acknowledgments
<a href="https://twitter.com/rwxcode">ShiLongan</a> with <a href="https://www.nsfocus.com.cn/">NSFOCUS TIANJI LAB</a>, Zhangjie and willJ, <a href="https://twitter.com/wh1tc">Zesen Ye (@wh1tc)</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/edwardzpeng">Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng)</a> with <a href="https://www.sangfor.com/en">Sangfor</a>
Revision History
- 2021-09-14: Information published.
- 2021-09-23: Added an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.