Exploitation Summary
CVE-2019-1297 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 3, 2022.
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1297
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1297
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.4068
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-03-03
VulnCheck KEV
2022-03-03
InTheWild.io
2020-07-15
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2019-9862
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/excel
2010 sp2
microsoft/excel
2013 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel
2016
microsoft/office
2016
microsoft/office
2019 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office_365_proplus
Published
Sep 11, 2019
KEV Added
Mar 03, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026