CVE-2016-7231
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, 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."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, 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."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 18.66% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel for mac · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office compatibility pack
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 16.3% on 21 September 2026 to 18.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93996
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-133
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93996
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-133
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.