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CVE-2014-1761: Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-02-15
• EPSS: 77.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as exploited in the wild in March 2014.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2011
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: all versions
• Microsoft Office Web Apps: 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Office Web Apps Server: 2013
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2, 2013
• Microsoft Word for Android: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp3, 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2, 2013, 2013-sp1
• Microsoft Word Viewer: all versions

References

• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1761

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