#Microsoft Office Excel

Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over an adjacent network.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** A user needs to be tricked into running malicious files.

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.