CVE-2026-78506
Improper null termination in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 5.5
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- EPSS probability
- 0.54%
- CWE
- CWE-170
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-11
Affected products
- Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
- Microsoft Microsoft Office 365 for Mac
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- Microsoft Microsoft Word 2016
Weakness type
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