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CVE-2016-7298

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7298 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office versions, including Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word Viewer, and Office for Mac 2011 and 2016. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE 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
22.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2261 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
securityfocus.com / bid/94720
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry