CVE-2026-119997
A NVD · · CVE-2026-119997
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
A bare CVE report with no indication of active exploitation, proof of concept, or affected sectors; it provides no threat context beyond patch information.
Description
Vulnerability CVE-2026-119997 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Outlook. An unauthorized attacker can thereby execute code locally. The report contains no information on exploitation in the wild, a proof of concept, or KEV listing. Affected product versions and severity are not specified.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 78.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 78.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 0.75
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
1 TTPProcedure details
| Technique | Tactic | Procedure | Conf. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution | Execution | Attacker exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Outlook to execute arbitrary code locally. | high | llm |