CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-36041

Use After Free

Published: Nov 14, 2023 | Modified: Jan 01, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.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 2016 (including) 2016 (including)
Office Microsoft 2019 (including) 2019 (including)
Office_long_term_servicing_channel Microsoft 2021 (including) 2021 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References