{"id":"CVE-2014-2778","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-2778","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:59:00.409Z","title":"Microsoft Word 2007 SP3 and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted embedded font in a (1) .doc or (2) .docx document, aka \"Embedded Font Vulnerability.\"","description":"Microsoft Word 2007 SP3 and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted embedded font in a (1) .doc or (2) .docx document, aka \"Embedded Font Vulnerability.\"","published":"2014-06-11T04:56:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:07:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/office compatibility pack","microsoft/word"],"epss":{"score":0.19923,"percentile":0.97438,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/58551","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67896","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030383","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-034","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/58551","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67896","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030383","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-034","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2778","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}