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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-0020: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-0020: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/17/2017
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

Description

Microsoft Excel 2016, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 RT SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1 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." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0006, CVE-2017-0019, CVE-2017-0030, CVE-2017-0031, CVE-2017-0052, and CVE-2017-0053.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-excel_2016-kb3178673

References

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