CVE-2018-8163
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
- Record
CVE-2018-8163- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
- Record
CVE-2018-8163- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19834 No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19834- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3jcj-hgr2-f986
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
- Record
GHSA-3jcj-hgr2-f986- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8163 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Excel, published May 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.