CVE-2026-88150
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs
Summary
A use of uninitialized resource vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Risk Assessment
Opening a specially crafted Word document could lead to arbitrary code execution in the user's context, risking workstation compromise.
Recommendation
Install the latest Microsoft Office security updates and exercise caution when opening documents from untrusted sources.
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)
Use of uninitialized resource in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS