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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-1761

Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Mar 24, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Word

Patch now

CVE-2014-1761 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
77.73%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · cpe microsoft/office web apps · cpe microsoft/office web apps server · cpe microsoft/sharepoint server · vendor Microsoft Word

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • 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
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-1761

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-1761 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/office web apps 2010; microsoft/office web apps server 2013; microsoft/sharepoint server 2010; microsoft/sharepoint server 2013. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 77.73%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-1761

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-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

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-1761

    30-day exploitation probability 77.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference32793

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

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/fileformat/ms14_017_rtf

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

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-1761

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.