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CVE-2017-8501

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.5% 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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8502.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2007-sp3, 2010-sp2, 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2007-sp3
• Microsoft Office: 2011, 2016
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: all versions
• Microsoft Office Online Server: 2016
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: 2010-sp2, 2013

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99441
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038851
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8501
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99441
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038851
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8501

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