Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 S
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 Gold and SP1, Word 2013 Gold and SP1, Office 2013 RT Gold and SP1, Word 2013 RT Gold and SP1, Excel Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2013 Gold and SP1, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 Gold and SP1, Web Applications 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2, Web Apps Server 2013 Gold and SP1, SharePoint Server 2007 SP3, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP3, SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP2, SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2013 Gold and SP1, and SharePoint Server 2013 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Component Use After Free Vulnerability."
- Published
- Mar 11, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 18.7% · 97th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
43
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 6 / 30 · 18.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel |
| microsoft | excel viewer | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer |
| microsoft | office | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office |
| microsoft | office compatibility pack | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack |
| microsoft | office web apps server | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps_server |
| microsoft | powerpoint | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint |
| microsoft | sharepoint foundation | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation |
| microsoft | sharepoint server | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server |
| microsoft | sharepoint services | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_services |
| microsoft | web applications | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:web_applications |
| microsoft | word | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft excel2007
- microsoft excel2010
- microsoft excel viewerall versions
- microsoft office2010
- microsoft office2013
- microsoft office compatibility packall versions
- microsoft office web apps server2010
- microsoft office web apps server2013
- microsoft powerpoint2007
- microsoft powerpoint2010
- microsoft sharepoint foundation2010
- microsoft sharepoint foundation2013
- microsoft sharepoint server2007
- microsoft sharepoint server2010
- microsoft sharepoint server2013
- microsoft sharepoint services3.0
- microsoft web applications2010
- microsoft word2007
- microsoft word2010
- microsoft word2013
Same product
microsoft: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2009-3129Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; OfficKEV86Now
- CVE-2016-7262Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allKEV78This week
- CVE-2009-0238Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for WordKEV78This week
- CVE-2019-1297A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'KEV72This week
- CVE-2011-0105Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uni58Plan
- CVE-2010-0822Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter58Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031896
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-022
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.