CVE-2018-8382 Information disclosure in Microsoft Excel

What is CVE-2018-8382?

CVE-2018-8382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 15 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8382?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2013 Rt, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8382?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8382 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-8382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4v6r-gxrx-pjw8.