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CVE-2014-1761

Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Mar 25, 2014 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · microsoft office

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as exploited in the wild in March 2014.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 25, 2014 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as e

  2. Feb 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Aug 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as e

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date Aug 15, 2022

Affected

  • cpe microsoft/office2011
  • cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office web apps2010
  • cpe microsoft/office web apps server2013
  • cpe microsoft/sharepoint server2010
  • cpe microsoft/sharepoint server2013
  • vendor Microsoft Wordversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2014-1761

    Microsoft Word contains a memory corruption vulnerability which when exploited could allow for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2014-1761

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2014-1761

    30-day exploitation probability 77.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit Database32793

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit Modulesexploit_windows/fileformat/ms14_017_rtf

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDCVE-2014-1761

    Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allo

    nvd.nist.gov

References