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CVE-2016-3317

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3317 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2007 SP3, Word 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, and Word Viewer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted file. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSSv3), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to open a malicious file, but once triggered, it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
22.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2213 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Word Viewer
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word for Mac 2011
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Aug/CVE-2016-3317Important

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 9, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-099
securityfocus.com / bid/92303
securitytracker.com / id/1036559