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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7232

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

HIGH 7.8EPSS 24.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Word 2007, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 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
24.86% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/word · microsoft/word for mac
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%21 September 2026: 21.05%22 September 2026: 24.86%27 October 2026: 24.86%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 21.1% on 21 September 2026 to 24.9% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.