CVE-2016-7229

HIGH

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution via Crafted Office Document

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93995

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1928
EPSS Percentile 97.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
microsoft/excel 2007 sp3
microsoft/excel 2010 sp2
microsoft/excel 2013 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel 2016
microsoft/excel_for_mac 2011
microsoft/excel_for_mac 2016
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack
Published Nov 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026