⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-03-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-03-24. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2017-11826Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Microsoft Office

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
90.8%
top 0.37%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-03-03
Due 2022-03-24
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedOct 13
KEV addedMar 3
KEV dueMar 24
Latest updateMay 17
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Web Applications, Office Web Apps Server 2010 and 2013, Word Viewer, Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016, Word Automation Services, and Office Online Server allow remote code execution when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4qcg-gx82-4h36: Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Web Applications, Office Web Apps Server 2010 and 2013, Word Viewer,2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-11826: Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Web Applications, Office Web Apps Server 2010 and 2013, Word Viewer,2017-10-13
VulnCheck
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2017

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2022-03-03
Microsoft
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2017-10-10

🕵️Threat Intelligence

3
Fortinet
CVE-2017-11826 Exploited in the Wild with Politically Themed RTF Document2017-11-22
Qualys
October Patch Tuesday: 28 Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities | Qualys2017-10-10
Qualys
October Patch Tuesday: 28 Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities2017-10-10
CVE-2017-11826 — HIGH severity | cvebase