{"id":"CVE-2016-3359","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-3359","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:37.242Z","title":"Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka \"Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.\"","description":"Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka \"Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.\"","published":"2016-09-14T10:59:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:45:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/excel","microsoft/excel viewer","microsoft/office compatibility pack"],"epss":{"score":0.17466,"percentile":0.9711,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.16344,"percentile":0.96872},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.17466,"percentile":0.96993}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036785","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-107","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1228","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036785","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-107","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1228","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3359","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}