PT-2026-2745 · Microsoft · Office Word

Mose Nilsson · Published 2026-01-13 · Updated 2026-01-19 · CVE-2026-20944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Word (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds read issue exists in Microsoft Office Word, potentially allowing an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00389

CVE-2026-20944

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 7

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00389 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20944 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2011181537837175019 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/The_SatyaDVV/status/2013126685756203243 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2011151660400460002 · Twitter Post