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Microsoft Office Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office contains a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

Product
Office
Added to KEV
3 Mar 2022
Federal remediation due
24 Mar 2022
Known ransomware use
Not reported
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CVE-2017-0261

Listed in CISA KEV · added 3 Mar 2022 · Microsoft · Office

Microsoft Office contains a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

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cve-program · CVE-2017-0261

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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 fr…

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.

Source published
12 May 2017 14:00:00 UTC
Source modified
21 Oct 2025 23:55:40 UTC
Saved here
23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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