VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2017-0261
Microsoft Office Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 78.1%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 78.13% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0261
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0261US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.