CVE-2016-7298

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7298
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-20 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 22:14:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word Viewer, Office for Mac 2011, and Office 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2011 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2016 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2011 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2016 All mac All
Application Microsoft Word Viewer - All All All
Application Microsoft Word Viewer - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-148 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Office Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Bypass Security, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Office CVE-2016-7298 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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