CVE-2017-8502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8501.

Published: 2017-07-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 28.2% 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

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Microsoft Excel 2013 SP1, and Microsoft Excel 2016.

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Microsoft Office`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel: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 High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.2823.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99442
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038851
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8502

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-07-11T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:05:34.221Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8502

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-11T21:29:00.703

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

Link: CVE-2017-8502

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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