CVE-2016-7298Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Office

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
18.9%
top 4.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word Viewer, Office for Mac 2011, and Office 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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDmicrosoft/office4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-hw75-r7mc-2jw8: Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word Viewer, Office for Mac 2011, and Office 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code2022-05-14

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - December 20162016-12-13
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - December 20162016-12-13
CVE-2016-7298 — Microsoft Office vulnerability | cvebase