CVE-2026-96995
Awaiting Analysis
Awaiting Analysis - Queue
Microsoft Office Word Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-96995, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-13
Last updated on: 2026-10-13
Assigner: Microsoft Corporation
Description
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS Scores
EPSS Scores
| Probability: | |
| Percentile: |
Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft | 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Office 365 for Mac 1.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Office LTSC 2021 16.0.1 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Office LTSC 2024 16.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.0.1 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Office LTSC for Mac 2024 16.0.0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-197 | Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion. |
| CWE-121 | A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). |
