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Severity ratings ranged from Important to Critical for each of these vulnerabilities. |---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------| | **CVE** | **Vulnerability Name or Category** | **Impact** | **Maximum Severity Rating** | **Researcher(s)** | | CVE-2019-0625 | Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles objects in memory | Remote Code Execution | Important | Bar Lahav and Gal De Leon | | CVE-2019-0675 | Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory | Remote Code Execution | Important | Gal De Leon and Bar Lahav | | CVE-2019-7025 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Gal De Leon | | CVE-2019-7065 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Bo Qu | | CVE-2019-7066 | Untrusted Pointer Dereference | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Bo Qu | | CVE-2019-7068 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Bo Qu | | CVE-2019-7026 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Zhibin Zhang | | CVE-2019-7027 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Zhibin Zhang | | CVE-2019-7028 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhibin Zhang | | CVE-2019-7082 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Zhibin Zhang | | CVE-2019-7046 | Untrusted Pointer Dereference | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Qi Deng | | CVE-2019-7050 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Qi Deng | | CVE-2019-7051 | Untrusted Pointer Dereference | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Qi Deng | | CVE-2019-7083 | Use After Free | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Qi Deng | | CVE-2019-7052 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Hui Gao | | CVE-2019-7053 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Hui Gao | | CVE-2019-7054 | Untrusted Pointer Dereference | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Hui Gao | | CVE-2019-7055 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhaoyan Xu | | CVE-2019-7056 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhaoyan Xu | | CVE-2019-7057 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhaoyan Xu | | CVE-2019-7058 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhanglin He | | CVE-2019-7059 | Out-of-Bounds Read | Information Disclosure | Important | Zhanglin He | | CVE-2019-7060 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | Zhanglin He | Palo Alto Networks customers with a Threat Prevention Subscription who deploy our Next-Generation Security Platform are protected from zero-day vulnerabilities such as these. 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