CVE-2016-7231

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

10/11/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, 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."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack::sp3::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack::sp3::::::*

CVE-2016-7231

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools