CVE-2017-0254: microsoft corporation microsoft office

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-0254 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 19.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-05-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Word 2007, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Office for Mac 2011, Office for Mac 2016, Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Word Viewer, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, and Word 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0264 and CVE-2017-0265.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.