CVE-2026-97016
Microsoft Office Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- CRITICAL 9.8
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.17 % · percentile 67 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x86:*
Affected products
References
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