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CVE-2016-7264

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7264 is an information disclosure and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, and Excel for Mac 2011/2016. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted document. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to high confidentiality and availability impacts. 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
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
23.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2321 is in the 98th 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 (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Dec/CVE-2016-7264Important

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
securityfocus.com / bid/94769
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry