CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for Microsoft Word by Microsoft.
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Microsoft Word has 34 published CVE records since 2016, of which 2 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 2 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 7.3.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting Microsoft Word, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list.
How the CVSS severity of Microsoft Word's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
20 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
2
2 of Microsoft Word's CVEs are confirmed exploited in the wild.
Public exploits
2
2 of Microsoft Word's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every Microsoft Word version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
34 CVEs
Added to CISA KEV 2023-09-12
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The CWE weakness categories most often found in Microsoft Word CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many Microsoft Word CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about Microsoft Word vulnerabilities.
Microsoft Microsoft Word has 34 published CVE records since 2016.
Yes — 2 of Microsoft Microsoft Word's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Yes — 2 of Microsoft Microsoft Word's CVEs have a known public exploit.
8 distinct Microsoft Microsoft Word versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
Microsoft Microsoft Word's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-416 (Use After Free), CWE-822 (Untrusted Pointer Dereference), CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation).
The average CVSS base score across Microsoft Microsoft Word's scored CVEs is 7.3.
Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.
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