CVE-2026-45485: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office components within Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. An unauthorized attacker with local access and user interaction can exploit this flaw to disclose information from memory. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.3, reflecting low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-125 and has an official fix available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation process server-side.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to local information disclosure without integrity or availability effects. The attacker must have local access and require user interaction to trigger the vulnerability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft, and remediation is managed by Microsoft for this cloud-hosted service. Users and administrators should ensure that Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is updated according to the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45485.
CVE-2026-45485: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Description
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.3low
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft
Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft
Microsoft Office 365 for Mac
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
Microsoft
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Microsoft
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
Microsoft
Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office components within Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. An unauthorized attacker with local access and user interaction can exploit this flaw to disclose information from memory. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.3, reflecting low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-125 and has an official fix available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation process server-side.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to local information disclosure without integrity or availability effects. The attacker must have local access and require user interaction to trigger the vulnerability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft, and remediation is managed by Microsoft for this cloud-hosted service. Users and administrators should ensure that Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is updated according to the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45485.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-12T16:07:22.617Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45485","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a284cdc8dd33fbd85664d55
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 17:26:52 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 13:36:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 10:01:31 UTC
Views: 74
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