# Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE record · `CVE-2020-17124`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-17124`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-365-apps-for-enterprise.md) · [Microsoft Office 2019](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019.md) · [Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019-for-mac.md) · [Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-powerpoint-2010-service-pack-2.md) · [Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-powerpoint-2013-service-pack-1.md) · [Microsoft PowerPoint 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-powerpoint-2016.md)
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 9 Dec 2020, 23:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.
  - affected: `16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019.
  - affected: `19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac.
  - affected: `16.0.0 to before publication` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2.
  - affected: `13.0.0.0 to before publication` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1.
  - affected: `14.0.0 to before publication` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.
  - affected: `16.0.0 to before publication` (custom)

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.035, the 89th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Dec 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-17124](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17124)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-17124](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17124)

### References from the CNA

- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17124> (vendor-advisory, patch)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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