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CVE-2016-0139

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0139 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, and Excel Viewer that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted Office document. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
16.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1629 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Apr/CVE-2016-0139Important

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-042
securitytracker.com / id/1035525