PT-2016-7297 · Microsoft · Office For Mac+2

Published 2016-12-20 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7298

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office versions 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2 Microsoft Word Viewer (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office for Mac versions 2011, 2016

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted document.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Word Viewer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office for Mac 2016, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7298

Affected Products

Office

Office For Mac

Word Viewer

References · 5

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7298 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037441 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94720 · Note