CVE-2014-1761
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as exploited in the wild in March 2014.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 78% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
microsoft: office; microsoft: office compatibility pack; microsoft: office web apps; microsoft: office web apps server; microsoft: sharepoint server; microsoft: word; microsoft: word viewer
References
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014… US Government Resource