Vulnerability CVE-2014-1761
Published: 2014-03-25

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Word RTF Object Confusion Exploit (MS14-017)
unknown
09.04.2014

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
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
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017
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