Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8627

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Excel. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8598.

Affected products

Microsoft/Office 365 ProPlusllm-fuzzy
Microsoft/Officellm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft/Excelllm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft/Excel 2007 SP3cpe-rescue
Range: 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft/Excel Viewercpe-rescue
Range: 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft/Office Visiocpe-rescue
Range: 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8627nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106120nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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