CVE-2014-1761

CVE-2014-1761 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Word. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 15, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by August 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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.

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

• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1761