Information disclosure via uninitialized resource
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Information disclosure in Microsoft Office before the August 11, 2026 updates allows local users to read uninitialized memory contents. Microsoft has disclosed only that Office uses an uninitialized resource; no retrieved vendor advisory, CVE record, or support bulletin names the affected component or the operation that returns stale data. Microsoft's CVSS assessment requires no prior privileges but does require user interaction and local execution context, so reachability depends on a user opening or otherwise processing attacker-supplied Office content.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Microsoft Office before the August 11, 2026 updates allows local users to read uninitialized memory contents. Microsoft has disclosed only that Office uses an uninitialized resource; no retrieved vendor advisory, CVE record, or support bulletin names the affected component or the operation that returns stale data. Microsoft's CVSS assessment requires no prior privileges but does require user interaction and local execution context, so reachability depends on a user opening or otherwise processing attacker-supplied Office content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-70317
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-908
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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