Security News > 2023 > March > Proof-of-Concept released for critical Microsoft Word RCE bug
A proof-of-concept for CVE-2023-21716, a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word that allows remote code execution, has been published over the weekend.
Tweet-sized PoC. Security researcher Joshua Drake last year discovered the vulnerability in Microsoft Office's "Wwlib.dll" and sent Microsoft a technical advisory containing proof-of-concept code showing the issue is exploitable.
The researcher explains that the RTF parser in Microsoft Word has a heap corruption vulnerability that is triggered "When dealing with a font table containing an excessive number of fonts."
Even if a complete exploit is currently unavailable and only theoretical, installing the security update from Microsoft remains the safest way to deal with the vulnerability.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-14 | CVE-2023-21716 | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 9.8 |