CVE-2016-7277
Microsoft Office 2016 allows 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 18.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Office 2016 allows 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
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 17.97% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 18.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94715Third 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/94715Third 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.