CVE-2017-0029 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 RT SP1, and Word 2016 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2017-03-17

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 22.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Office

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 RT SP1, and Word 2016`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22643.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96045
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038010
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0029

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Word

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:47:57.513Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0029

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-17T00:59:00.867

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-0029

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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