CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-1225

Use After Free

Published: Jun 09, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1226.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
365_apps Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Excel Microsoft 2010-sp2 (including) 2010-sp2 (including)
Excel Microsoft 2013-sp1 (including) 2013-sp1 (including)
Excel Microsoft 2016 (including) 2016 (including)
Office Microsoft 2016 (including) 2016 (including)
Office Microsoft 2019 (including) 2019 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References