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CVE-2017-11882

high

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.

References

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https://github.com/cyber-green/CVE_REPORT_2026

https://github.com/DONKEY0xSHOT/CVE-2017-11882-Blocker

https://github.com/nichxlxs/cve-research

https://github.com/nicole2ilodl/CVE-2026-21509-PoC

https://github.com/Ashwesker/Ashwesker-CVE-2026-21509

https://github.com/bbaboha/CVE-2025-65318-and-CVE-2025-65319

https://github.com/kautilyagupt/CVE-2024-26169-Detail-1

https://github.com/pondoksiber/Catatan_CVE

https://github.com/xdrake1010/CVE-2017-11882-Preventer

https://github.com/Morfeen01/cve-2017-1182-TN

https://github.com/yaseenibnakhtar/Malware-Analysis-CVE-2017-11882

https://github.com/N3xT97/CVE-Analysis

https://github.com/jadeapar/Dragonfish-s-Malware-Cyber-Analysis

https://github.com/Abdibimantara/Maldoc-Analysis

https://github.com/Sunqiz/CVE-2017-11882-reproduction

https://github.com/imhunterand/PenetrationTesterRE

https://github.com/Retr0-code/SignHere

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.99945

Vulnerability Watch

Tenable Research has classified this CVE under the following Vulnerability Watch classification, which includes active and historical (inactive) classifications. You can learn more about these classifications on our blog.

Vulnerability of Interest