How severe is CVE-2017-0262?

CVE-2017-0262 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 81.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2017-0262: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-02-10

Remediation due

2022-08-10

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0262

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-2017-0261 and CVE-2017-0281.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Office	Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016

References

2 Links

Vulnerability databases

98279

Other references

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0262

Record Details

Published

2017-05-12

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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