CVE-2026-124185
A NVD · · CVE-2026-124185
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
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Key metrics
- CVSS
- 7.5
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
No indication of active exploitation, PoC, or attacker TTPs; this is a pure NVD vulnerability description.
Description
CVE-2026-124185 affects Microsoft Office Word and describes the use of an uninitialized resource. An unauthenticated attacker can thereby achieve code execution over the network. The advisory contains no information on exploitation in the wild, proof of concept, or KEV inclusion. Systems with vulnerable Word versions are affected; the status is a pure NVD vulnerability disclosure.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 75.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 75.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- 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 | An attacker exploits CVE-2026-124185, a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word, to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system. | high | llm |