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.
Weakness
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Microsoft | 2010-sp2 (including) | 2010-sp2 (including) |
| Office | Microsoft | 2013-sp1 (including) | 2013-sp1 (including) |
| Office | Microsoft | 2016 (including) | 2016 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0261