CVE-2023-36897 (GCVE-0-2023-36897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-08 17:08 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:11
VLAI
Title
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Summary
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-11 18:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Affected: 16.0.1 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Affected: 19.0.0 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Affected: 16.0.1 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Affected: 15.9.0 , < 15.9.56 (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) Affected: 16.11.0 , < 16.11.29 (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 Affected: 17.2.0 , < 17.2.18 (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 Affected: 17.4.0 , < 17.4.10 (custom)
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Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 Affected: 17.6.0 , < 17.6.6 (custom)
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime Affected: 10.0.0 , < 10.0.60910 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-08-08 07:00
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