CVE-2017-8567: microsoft corporation microsoft office

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8567 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 20.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution".

• 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.