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CVE-2016-3283

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CVE-2016-3283 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word Viewer that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted Office document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to exploit. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
19.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1964 is in the 97th 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 (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Word Viewer
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jul/CVE-2016-3283Critical

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Jul 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-088
securityfocus.com / bid/91592
securitytracker.com / id/1036274