CVE-2019-1461

high-risk
Published 2019-12-10

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Word Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Do I need to act?

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16.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 83% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1461
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1461
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low