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Information Disclosure in Microsoft Office via Out-of-Bounds Read

IdentifiersCVE-2026-45460CWE-125

CVE-2026-45460 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Office caused by an out-of-bounds read (buffer over-read). According to the provided advisory context, exploitation occurs when Office processes a malicious file, and the Preview Pane is also an attack vector. Successful exploitation allows an unauthorized attacker to read small portions of heap memory locally, disclosing information from process memory.

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Successful exploitation allows disclosure of small portions of heap memory from the Microsoft Office process. This can expose sensitive information resident in memory, potentially including document content fragments, pointers, or other process data, but the provided context describes the impact as information disclosure rather than code execution or privilege escalation.

Mitigation

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No vendor workaround is specified in the provided advisory context. Interim risk reduction measures include avoiding opening untrusted Office files, restricting or disabling the Preview Pane where operationally feasible, and prioritizing installation of Microsoft security updates once available for all affected Office platforms.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Microsoft's June 2026 security updates for affected Microsoft Office products. Also monitor Microsoft advisory revisions for delayed releases affecting Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024, Microsoft 365 for Mac, and Microsoft Office for Android, and deploy those updates as soon as they are released.
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VendorProductType
Microsoft Corporation365 Appsapplication
Microsoft Corporation365 For Macapplication
Microsoft CorporationOfficeapplication
Microsoft CorporationOffice 2019application
Microsoft CorporationOffice 2021application
Microsoft CorporationOffice 2024application
Microsoft CorporationOffice 365application
Microsoft CorporationOffice Ltsc For Macapplication
Microsoft CorporationOffice Macos 2021application
Microsoft CorporationOffice Macos 2024application

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