March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2017-0261 Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Office
- EPSS
- 99.6th percentile (score 0.781, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0261
CISA short description
Microsoft Office contains a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.