February 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2014-1761 — Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-02-15- Federal due date
2022-08-15- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Word
- EPSS
- 99.8th percentile (score 0.933, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1761
CISA short description
Microsoft Word contains a memory corruption vulnerability which when exploited could allow for remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.