Microsoft Office uninitialized pointer

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in uninitialized pointer. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-116721. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Office (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uninitialized pointer vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-824. The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Use of uninitialized resource in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-116721 since 10/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2026).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Office Suite Software

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• Microsoft

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• Office

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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