THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-0019
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-0019

Word vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
16.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Word 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0006, CVE-2017-0020, CVE-2017-0030, CVE-2017-0031, CVE-2017-0052, and CVE-2017-0053.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Word
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-03-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-0019

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Word is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-0019.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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