CVE-2016-3317 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2007 SP3, Word 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, and Word Viewer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted file. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSSv3), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to open a malicious file, but once triggered, it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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