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CVE-2017-0261: Microsoft Office Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 78.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2010-sp2, 2013-sp1, 2016

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0261

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