CVE-2016-7263 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2016-12-20

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 18.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2016:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18902.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94668
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel For Mac

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-12-20T05:54:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.142Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7263

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-20T06:59:00.403

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7263

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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