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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-0003

Microsoft Word 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

HIGH 7.8EPSS 24.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Word 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24.69% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/sharepoint enterprise server · microsoft/word
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%21 September 2026: 21.81%22 September 2026: 24.69%27 October 2026: 24.69%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 21.8% on 21 September 2026 to 24.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.