CVE-2016-7268 is an information disclosure and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office products, including Word 2007/2010, Office Compatibility Pack, and Word for Mac 2011, among others. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted document. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact (C:H) or denial of service (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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