CVE-2017-11882 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office
Published on November 15, 2017
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Office memory corruption vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2017-11882 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.
CVE-2017-11882 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2017-11882
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office Version Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office 2016 is affected by CVE-2017-11882Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.