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CVE-2016-7244

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 16.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
16.48% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
microsoft/office
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%21 September 2026: 15.31%22 September 2026: 16.48%27 October 2026: 16.48%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 15.3% on 21 September 2026 to 16.5% 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.