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High · 7.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2017-0261 EUVD-2017-0617GHSA-vxg6-wq4c-3428

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly…

Published May 12, 2017 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

Vendor: Microsoft Product: Microsoft Office

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Microsoft Office Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 2 repositories

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