# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-1502"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-08-17T19:13:17.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T06:39:10.384Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:17.081Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1502"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1502.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1502"
title: "Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability"
summary: "An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Word improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data.\nTo exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created.\nThe update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain Word functions handle objects in memory."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"16.0.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"publication"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019","platforms":["x64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"19.0.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Microsoft Office 2019","platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"16.0.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"publication"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Microsoft Office Online Server","platforms":["Unknown"]},{"versions":[{"version":"16.0.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise","platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems"]}]

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