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CVE-2017-11882

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Nov 15, 2017Sources checked Sep 12, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Actively exploited

CISA lists CVE-2017-11882 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed. The entry applies to Microsoft Office.

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CISA KEVListedObserved exploitation

EPSS99.9%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useReported by CISACISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors3Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2017-11882?

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.