VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7265

HIGH 7.1EPSS 21.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2007 SP3, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0: 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 21.05% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125
Affected: microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/sharepoint server
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 16.5% on 21 September 2026 to 21.1% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 22.6% on 22 September 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/94721Third 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/94721Third 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.