VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-0254

HIGH 7.8EPSS 19.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Word 2007, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Office for Mac 2011, Office for Mac 2016, Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Word Viewer, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, and Word 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0264 and CVE-2017-0265.

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: 19.82% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/office web apps · microsoft/sharepoint server · microsoft/word · microsoft/word rt · microsoft/word viewer
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 17.4% on 21 September 2026 to 19.8% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038443
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0254Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038443
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0254Patch, Vendor Advisory

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