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CVE-2017-0262

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This article is about a flaw in Microsoft Office. For every flaw being used in attacks, see Exploited flaws; for Microsoft’s, see Microsoft flaws being used in attacks.

CVE-2017-0262 is a security flaw in Microsoft Office, part of Microsoft Office. Attackers can run their own code on Microsoft Office. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 10 Feb 2022.[1]

Microsoft Office is in things households have, such as phones, computers, browsers and everyday apps, so the fix matters at home as much as at work. Microsoft has published a fix or advice.

Description

CISA calls it a remote code execution in Microsoft Office. In its words: “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office.”[1]

The CVE record adds: “Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0261 and CVE-2017-0281.”[2]

It scores 7.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]

Affected versions

NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; Microsoft’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as Microsoft Office.

Every device with Microsoft Office needs the update.

Exploitation

CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 10 Feb 2022, 1,735 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 10 Aug 2022 to fix it.[1]

FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 81%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]

CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.

CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.

Fix

Microsoft has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply updates per vendor instructions.”[1]

  1. Update Microsoft Office now.On Windows: Settings, Windows Update, Check for updates, then restart. Office updates come the same way, or from any Office app: File, Account, Update Options. Then turn on automatic updates, so the next fix arrives on its own.
  2. If there’s no update, stop using it.CISA’s advice when a flaw being used in attacks has no fix is to stop using the product until it does.

Timeline

DateEvent
The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 7.8.[2]
CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1]
CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1]
FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 81%.[4]

See also

Other Microsoft Office flaws

Other Microsoft flaws

  • CVE-2026-96951, Microsoft Windows: command injection ·
  • CVE-2026-65660, Microsoft SharePoint: code injection ·
  • CVE-2026-85880, Microsoft Windows: heap-based buffer overflow ·
  • CVE-2026-81963, Microsoft Windows: link following ·
  • CVE-2019-1068, Microsoft SQL Server: remote code execution ·

Similar flaws

  • CVE-2026-111357, Ivanti Connect Secure: missing authentication for critical function ·
  • CVE-2026-97229, GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition: integer overflow or wraparound ·
  • CVE-2026-76418, Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software: unchecked return value to NULL pointer dereference ·
  • CVE-2026-48356, Adobe Commerce and Magento: unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type ·
  • CVE-2026-111497, Google Brotli: unchecked return value ·

Added the same day

  • CVE-2021-36934, Microsoft Windows: SAM local privilege escalation ·
  • CVE-2020-0796, Microsoft SMBv3: remote code execution ·
  • CVE-2018-1000861, Jenkins Stapler Web Framework: stapler web framework deserialization of untrusted data ·
  • CVE-2017-9791, Apache Struts 1: improper input validation ·
  • CVE-2017-8464, Microsoft Windows: shell (.lnk) remote code execution ·

Every Microsoft flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in February 2022

References

  1. ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 10 Feb 2022.
  2. ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2017-0262 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 12 May 2017.
  3. ^ Microsoft. Advisories and fixes: portal.msrc.microsoft.com.
  4. ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.810, percentile 99.6, 31 Oct 2026.
  5. CVE Program. “CVE-2017-0262”. The official CVE record.

This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.