CVE-2017-0262: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-02-10. EPSS: 81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0261 and CVE-2017-0281.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only

Published 2017-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.