CVE-2019-0801: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 18.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office fails to properly handle certain files.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted URL file that points to an Excel or PowerPoint file that was also downloaded.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Office handles these files., aka 'Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only; version 2019 only
• Microsoft Office 365 Proplus: any version

Published 2019-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.