# Office Word Viewer vulnerabilities

> Office Word Viewer is made by Microsoft. We track 44 published vulnerabilities in it, across 1 version. 5 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 8 June 2022. If you run Office Word Viewer, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Canonical page: https://www.precursorintelligence.com/product/microsoft/office_word_viewer

## At a glance

- **Made by:** [Microsoft](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/vendors/microsoft)
- **Published vulnerabilities:** 44
- **Known to be exploited:** 5
- **Versions tracked:** 1
- **Most recently added to the known-exploited list:** [CVE-2009-0563](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2009-0563), 8 June 2022. We keep watching the list.

## Which versions of Office Word Viewer do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published.

- [CVE-2009-0563](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2009-0563) (Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability): 2003-sp3

4 more exploited flaws name Office Word Viewer without a version of its own (for example as the system other affected software runs on). They are in the list below.

## Which Office Word Viewer vulnerabilities are being exploited?

5 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited, newest first:

- [CVE-2009-0563](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2009-0563): Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. High, CVSS 7.8, chance of use in 30 days 63%, known exploited since 8 June 2022.
- [CVE-2012-1889](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2012-1889): Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption Vulnerability. High, CVSS 8.8, chance of use in 30 days 84%, known exploited since 8 June 2022.
- [CVE-2012-2539](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2012-2539): Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. High, CVSS 7.8, chance of use in 30 days 53%, known exploited since 28 March 2022.
- [CVE-2017-11826](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2017-11826): Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. High, CVSS 7.8, chance of use in 30 days 81%, known exploited since 3 March 2022.
- [CVE-2019-0541](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2019-0541): Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. High, CVSS 8.8, chance of use in 30 days 53%, known exploited since 3 November 2021.

## Which Office Word Viewer flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast (the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days):

- [CVE-2012-1889](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2012-1889): 84%, High (CVSS 8.8), known exploited
- [CVE-2017-11826](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2017-11826): 81%, High (CVSS 7.8), known exploited
- [CVE-2019-0541](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2019-0541): 53%, High (CVSS 8.8), known exploited
- [CVE-2017-8682](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2017-8682): 50%, High (CVSS 8.8)
- [CVE-2010-1900](https://www.precursorintelligence.com/what-is/cve-2010-1900): 40%, Critical (CVSS 9.3)

## Questions

### How many vulnerabilities does Office Word Viewer have?

We track 44 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Office Word Viewer, across 1 version. The most recent Office Word Viewer flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-0563, on 8 June 2022.

### Which Office Word Viewer vulnerabilities are being exploited?

5 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2009-0563, CVE-2012-1889 and CVE-2012-2539.

### Which versions of Office Word Viewer do the exploited flaws affect?

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2009-0563, affects 2003-sp3. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

### How do I get alerts for Office Word Viewer?

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Office Word Viewer. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.

## Running Office Word Viewer?

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