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Description of the security update for Word 2016: September 8, 2020


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Summary

This security update resolves a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Word if the software does not correctly handle objects in memory. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1218.

Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Word 2016 installed on the computer.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home (see What version of Office am I using?).

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Improvements and fixes

This security update contains the following fix:
  • Fixes a performance issue that can occur when you switch from another application to Outlook.

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How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

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More Information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see security update deployment information: September 8, 2020.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 4484474.

File hash information

File name SHA1 hash SHA256 hash
word2016-kb4484510-fullfile-x86-glb.exe 3189428DDAFE4817D0B5904E4E76D9502DD4B55A 4FE5D65B881803918FC90FD22A92296B05868FE69EECB6D404BDBFAA3E9A2BA4
word2016-kb4484510-fullfile-x64-glb.exe C49918ADFA2AFDEBDA43D8B4C0DABBC23F742506 E31BCDAEBB839938D41CE5B30E0AFA63F47F487936EE64145995CCCFE873967E


File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

For all supported x86-based versions of Word 2016
File identifier File name File version File size Date Time
genko.dll genko.dll 16.0.5032.1000 402264 11-Aug-20 04:25
wwintl.dll_1025 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 823584 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1026 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 820504 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1029 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 876320 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1030 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 807712 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1031 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 888088 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1032 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 877856 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_3082 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 847648 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1061 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 770840 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1035 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 818464 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1036 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 883992 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1037 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 762144 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1081 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 865056 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1050 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 830744 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1038 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 886560 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1057 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 779040 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1040 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 838424 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1041 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 790304 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1087 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 880408 12-Aug-20 05:39
wwintl.dll_1042 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 783136 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1063 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 836896 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1062 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 824608 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1086 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 782616 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1044 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 797168 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1043 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 835872 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1045 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 852256 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1046 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 853280 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_2070 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 861464 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1048 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 896280 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1049 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 809968 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1051 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 891160 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1060 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 821768 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_2074 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 817944 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_9242 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 817952 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1053 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 803616 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1054 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 825112 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1055 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 881952 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1058 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 820000 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1066 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 912672 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_2052 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 697120 12-Aug-20 05:40
wwintl.dll_1028 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 706240 12-Aug-20 05:40
jrpcard20.dll_1041 jrpcard20.dll 16.0.4834.1000 330960 11-Aug-20 04:25
pdfreflow.exe pdfreflow.exe 16.0.5041.1000 10305848 11-Aug-20 04:23
wwintl.dll_1033 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 701152 11-Aug-20 04:22
msword.olb msword.olb   939304 11-Aug-20 04:23
winword.exe winword.exe 16.0.5056.1000 1937712 12-Aug-20 05:33
wrd12cnv.dll wordcnv.dll 16.0.5056.1000 9179440 12-Aug-20 05:33
wwlib.dll wwlib.dll 16.0.5056.1000 29619496 12-Aug-20 05:33
For all supported x64-based versions of Word 2016
File identifier File name File version File size Date Time
calligra.dll calligra.dll 16.0.4528.1000 338688 12-Aug-20 06:06
genko.dll genko.dll 16.0.5032.1000 513368 11-Aug-20 04:35
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1025 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 944416 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1025 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 944416 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1026 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 899352 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1026 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 899352 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1029 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 955680 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1029 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 955680 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1030 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 886560 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1030 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 886560 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1031 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 966936 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1031 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 966936 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1032 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 956704 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1032 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 956704 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_3082 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 926512 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_3082 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 926512 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1061 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 849712 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1061 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 849712 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1035 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 897328 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1035 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 897328 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1036 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 962864 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1036 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 962864 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1037 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 882992 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1037 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 882992 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1081 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 944432 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1081 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 944432 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1050 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 909600 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1050 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 909600 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1038 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 965424 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1038 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 965424 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1057 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 857888 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1057 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 857888 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1040 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 917280 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1040 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 917280 12-Aug-20 05:34
wac.word.wwintl.dll_1041 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 869176    
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1041 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 869176 12-Aug-20 05:35
wwintl.dll_1041 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 869176 12-Aug-20 05:35
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1087 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 959792 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1087 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 959792 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1042 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 862512 12-Aug-20 05:35
wwintl.dll_1042 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 862512 12-Aug-20 05:35
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1063 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 916272 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1063 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 916272 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1062 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 903456 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1062 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 903456 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1086 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 862000 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1086 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 862000 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1044 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 875808 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1044 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 875808 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1043 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 915232 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1043 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 915232 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1045 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 931632 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1045 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 931632 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1046 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 932656 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1046 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 932656 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_2070 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 940312 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_2070 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 940312 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1048 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 975664 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1048 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 975664 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1049 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 888608 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1049 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 888608 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1051 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 970544 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1051 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 970544 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1060 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 900376 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1060 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 900376 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_2074 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 896800 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_2074 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 896800 12-Aug-20 05:34
wac.word.wwintl.dll_9242 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 896800    
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_9242 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 896800 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_9242 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 896800 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1053 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 882480 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1053 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 882480 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1054 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 903984 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1054 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 903984 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1055 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 960816 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1055 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 960816 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1058 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 898864 12-Aug-20 05:35
wwintl.dll_1058 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 898864 12-Aug-20 05:35
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1066 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 992032 12-Aug-20 05:34
wwintl.dll_1066 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 992032 12-Aug-20 05:34
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_2052 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 775968 12-Aug-20 05:35
wwintl.dll_2052 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 775968 12-Aug-20 05:35
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1028 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 784688 12-Aug-20 05:35
wwintl.dll_1028 wwintl.dll 16.0.5056.1000 784688 12-Aug-20 05:35
jrpcard20.dll_1041 jrpcard20.dll 16.0.4834.1000 331168 11-Aug-20 04:35
pdfreflow.exe pdfreflow.exe 16.0.5041.1000 15920456 11-Aug-20 04:33
wac.word.wwintl.dll_1033 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 780488    
wdsrv.conversion.word.wwintl.dll_1033 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 780488 11-Aug-20 04:28
wwintl.dll_1033 wwintl.dll 16.0.4936.1000 780488 11-Aug-20 04:28
msword.olb msword.olb   939304 11-Aug-20 04:33
winword.exe winword.exe 16.0.5056.1000 1940784 12-Aug-20 05:37
wrd12cnv.dll wordcnv.dll 16.0.5056.1000 11884856 12-Aug-20 05:37
wwlib.dll wwlib.dll 16.0.5056.1000 37241120 12-Aug-20 05:37

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Article Info
Article ID : 4484510
Revision : 7
Created on : 9/7/2020
Published on : 9/8/2020
Exists online : False
Views : 266