Medium severity · published Dec 10, 2019
CVE-2019-1461
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Word Denial of Service…
6.5
CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Word Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2010; 2019 · source: NVD
O3
Office 365 Proplus · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
WO
Word · Microsoft
2010; 2013; 2016 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1461
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1461
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1461
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