CVE-2017-8742: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 22.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1, Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2, and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 when they fail to properly handle objects in memory, aka "PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8743.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Office Web Apps: version 2010 only
• Microsoft Office Web Apps Server: version 2013 only
• Microsoft PowerPoint: version 2007 only; version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer: version 2010 only
• Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server: version 2016 only
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: version 2016 only

Published 2017-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.