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CVE-2019-1461

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1461 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Office 365 ProPlus, stemming from improper handling of objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve a high impact on availability. While the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365_proplus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0464 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1461Important

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 10, 2019

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1461
PatchVendor Advisory