CVE-2017-11825: microsoft corporation microsoft office 2016, microsoft office 2016 for mac

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11825 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft office 2016, microsoft office 2016 for mac. EPSS estimates a 22.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-10-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user, due to how Microsoft Office handles files in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

• 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.