Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2017-0254

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing Microsoft Word documents. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted Word document, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0254

External References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0254

Related Security Bulletins

• Two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word