Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2017-0029 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by KB3178686, released March 14, 2017. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when a specially crafted file is opened in Microsoft Office. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause Office to stop responding. Note that the denial of service would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate the attacker's user rights.</p> <p>For an attack to be successful, this vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted file to the user and by convincing the user to open the file.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office handles objects in memory.</p>
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | |||
| Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) | KB3178686 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) | KB3178686 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) | KB3178687 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) | KB3178687 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1 | KB3172464 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) | KB3172464 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) | KB3172464 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition) | KB3178674 | Mar 14, 2017 | |
| Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition) | KB3178674 | Mar 14, 2017 | |