CVE-2023-22880 Information Disclosure in Zoom for Windows Clients

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Zoom Windows clients leaked user text to Microsoft's online spellcheck service due to a runtime update, exposing sensitive data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-22880?

CVE-2023-22880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 16 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Zoom for Windows clients before version 5.13.3, Zoom Rooms for Windows clients before version 5.13.5 and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.13.1 contain an information disclosure vulnerability. A recent update to the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime used by the affected Zoom clients, transmitted text to Microsoft’s online Spellcheck service instead of the local Windows Spellcheck. Updating Zoom remediates this vulnerability by disabling the feature. Updating Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime to at least version 109.0.1481.0 and restarting Zoom remediates this vulnerability by updating Microsoft’s telemetry behavior.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22880?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Zoom Rooms, Zoom Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Zoom Zoom.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22880?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-22880 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22880 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Zoom Rooms vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xgw4-pcqh-286r.

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