CVE-2016-7263
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 and Excel 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 and Excel 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted 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
- 19.15% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/excel for mac
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 17.1% on 21 September 2026 to 19.1% 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/94668Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94668Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.