Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-40364

High

Published: 12 May 2026

Published
12 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score N/A
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-40364 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NVD Description

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

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