Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, and 2013 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CISA: Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 24 Mar 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.securitytracker.com/id/1033239Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-081PatchVendor Advisory
• www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/ar…Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource