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CVE-2016-3316

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3316 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, 2016, and 2016 for Mac, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No) and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a Denial of Service exploit (EDB-40238) exists, and it has a high EPSS score indicating potential for future exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_for_mac:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
47.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40238 · Aug 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4719 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Aug/CVE-2016-3316Critical

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 9, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-099
exploit-db.com / exploits/40238
securityfocus.com / bid/92300
securitytracker.com / id/1036559