CVE-2017-0261

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 12, 2017
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Sep 9, 2016

Description

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0262 and CVE-2017-0281.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Corporation	Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016Affected

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261
98104vdb-entry
1038444vdb-entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0261government-resource

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