High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 24, 2014

CVE-2014-1761Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:30 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Feb 15, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Aug 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as exploited in the wild in March 2014.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Feb 15, 2022; federal remediation due Aug 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 77.73% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 22, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

microsoft office microsoft:office	2011	NVD
microsoft office_compatibility_pack microsoft:office_compatibility_pack	all versions	NVD
microsoft office_web_apps microsoft:office_web_apps	2010; 2010	NVD
microsoft office_web_apps_server microsoft:office_web_apps_server	2013	NVD
microsoft sharepoint_server microsoft:sharepoint_server	2010; 2010; 2013	NVD
microsoft word microsoft:word	2003; 2007; 2010; 2010; 2013; 2013; 2013; 2013	NVD
microsoft word_viewer microsoft:word_viewer	all versions	NVD

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-017vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ms, patch
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2953095x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1761us-government-resource

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