What is CVE-2016-3281?

CVE-2016-3281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-3281?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office

CVE-2016-3281

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to exec…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.484 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Office — versions 2010
Microsoft Office_web_apps — versions 2010
Microsoft Sharepoint_server — versions 2010
Microsoft Word — versions 2010, 2013, 2016
Microsoft Word_for_mac — versions 2011, 2016
Microsoft Word_rt — versions 2013
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

1036274 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
91588 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
1036275 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
MS16-088 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3281?: CVE-2016-3281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-3281?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.