CVE-2020-0979

8.8 highEPSS 12%

High (8.8) in microsoft office 365 proplus. EPSS 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0906.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-04-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:office_365_proplus

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0979
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0979

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