#Microsoft Office Excel

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

**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.

**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.

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

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

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

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

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

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.