# CVE-2017-11882: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

> CVE-2017-11882: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2017-11882
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:30Z

- Published: 2017-11-15 03:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 99.9%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Known

## Description

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft Office

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11882)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11882)
- [http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882](http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882)
- [https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html](https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html)
- [https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html](https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html)
- [https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit](https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit)
- [https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882](https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882)
- [https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882](https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882)
- [https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882](https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882)
- [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882)
- [https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/](https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/](https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/)
- [https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/)
- [https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280](https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783)

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