CVE-2017-11882

Microsoft Office: Memory Corruption

As of , CVE-2017-11882 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
US federal deadline
3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote code execution in the context of the current user.

CISA's description

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.

The CVE record's description, from microsoft

CVE published
15 November 2017
Assigned by
microsoft
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 43163).
  3. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

Office: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2010-3333Stack-based Buffer OverflowMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry0.89
CVE-2016-3235OLE DLL Side LoadingMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry0.43
CVE-2026-21509Security Feature BypassMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.710.71
CVE-2009-0556PowerPoint Code InjectionMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.670.67
CVE-2023-23397Outlook Privilege EscalationMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.970.97
CVE-2009-0563Buffer OverflowMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.630.63
CVE-2013-1331Buffer OverflowMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.800.80
CVE-2012-1856MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code ExecutionMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.720.72
CVE-2015-2545Malformed EPS FileMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.860.86
CVE-2016-7193Memory CorruptionMicrosoft OfficePatch this weekEPSS 0.580.58

All 29 entries for Office

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