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CVE-2017-11878

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2016, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2007-sp3
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: all versions
• Microsoft Office: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2016, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101756
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11878
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101756
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11878

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