Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted document and convince a user to open it in Microsoft Word and use the Phonetic Guide feature. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code in the user's context.
Security updates
16.114.26101123 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac
16.0.14334.20974 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
https — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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#1
Information published.
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#2
Information published. This CVE was addressed by updates that were released in October 2026, but the CVE was inadvertently omitted from the October 2026 Security Updates. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already installed the October 2026 updates do not need to take any further action.
References
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CVE-2026-108441 Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-108441
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss