THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-0122
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0122

Excel vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
41.1%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Excel
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 41.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0122

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Excel is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0122.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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