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CVE-2017-0243

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8570.

Affected products

• Microsoft Business Productivity Servers: 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Office: 2007-sp3, 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Web Applications: 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, and Microsoft Business Productivity Serv: Microsoft Office

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99446
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038851
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0243
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99446
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038851
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0243

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