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CVE-2016-7291

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7291 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office products, including Word 2007/2010, Office Compatibility Pack, Word for Mac 2011, Word Automation Services, and Office Web Apps 2010. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a crafted document, leading to information disclosure from process memory or a denial of service. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.1 (HIGH), it requires user interaction and local access, but has high impact on confidentiality and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE 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 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
22.77%
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 0.2276 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word for Mac 2011
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9432-10495
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Dec/CVE-2016-7291Important

Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
securityfocus.com / bid/94671
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry