CVE-2019-1148 Microsoft Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1148?

CVE-2019-1148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 14 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Windows Graphics Component handles objects in memory.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1148?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1148 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-1148 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wfpv-3m23-c38r.