CVE-2019-0541

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.8
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2021-11-03
Exploited per ENISA since 2021-11-03
EPSS: EPSS 53.20 % · percentile 99 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2019-01-08
Updated: 2025-10-21
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input, aka "MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Internet Explorer 10, Office 365 ProPlus.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-1313
GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-0541

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2019-AVI-008 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Office · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2019-AVI-006 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Internet Explorer · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365_proplus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Microsoft Office	affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) ; affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) ; affected 2013 RT Service Pack 1 ; affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) ; affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) ; affected 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft · Microsoft Office Word Viewer	affected Microsoft Office Word Viewer
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 9	affected Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 ; affected Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11	affected Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems ; affected Windows 10 for x64-based Systems ; affected Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems ; affected Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems ; affected Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems ; affected Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel Viewer	affected 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 10	affected Windows Server 2012
Microsoft · Office	affected 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems ; affected 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD