CVE-2026-83949
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs
Summary
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves potential disclosure of sensitive data from Word documents, which could compromise the confidentiality of organizational information.
Recommendation
It is recommended to apply the relevant security updates provided by Microsoft for the Office suite.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word
See all- CVE-2026-20948High
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-20944High
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-70300Critical
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-40364High
In Microsoft Office Word, a vulnerability related to access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-108451High
A numeric truncation error in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The flaw stems from improper handling of numeric values.
- CVE-2026-108450High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108449High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108447High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108445High
A stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108443High
An off-by-one error in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. The flaw stems from an incorrect buffer size calculation by one byte.
Original NVD description (English source)
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS