CVE-2023-36761 (GCVE-0-2023-36761)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-12 16:58
Modified
2025-07-30 01:37
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Version: 19.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-09-12

Due date: 2023-10-03

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36761

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