Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user, due to how Microsoft Office handles files in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
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| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039539 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101124 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11825 | patch vendor advisory |