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CVE-2016-7265

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7265 is an information disclosure and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Excel, Office Compatibility Pack, Excel Viewer, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted document. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.1 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and high availability impact. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
22.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2257 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 (16)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
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
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Bad
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-10308
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-10307
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-999008
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Dec/CVE-2016-7265Important

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
securityfocus.com / bid/94721
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry