Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-124233 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-124233 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-124233?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Office Word.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-124233?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-124233 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-124233?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Office Word. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A buffer over-read flaw in Microsoft Office Word permits an out-of-bounds memory read that can leak sensitive data. The vulnerability is triggered by network-delivered malicious Word documents and requires no authentication or special user interaction beyond opening the file. A successful exploit results in information disclosure from the affected process memory.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office Word
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed