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CVE-2016-0012

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0012 is an ASLR bypass vulnerability affecting numerous Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word across various versions (2007 SP3 to 2016), as well as Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows remote attackers to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism through unspecified vectors, potentially leading to information disclosure. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), it does not directly cause integrity or availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1119 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (35)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2007 Service Pack 3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jan/CVE-2016-0012Important

CVE-2016-0012

Jan 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-004
securitytracker.com / id/1034651