What is CVE-2016-7264?

CVE-2016-7264 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7264?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Excel

CVE-2016-7264

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, Excel for Mac 2011, and Excel 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read)…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.113 (93.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Excel — versions 2007
Microsoft Excel_for_mac — versions 2011, 2016
Microsoft Excel_viewer
Microsoft Office_compatibility_pack
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

MS16-148 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
1037441 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
94769 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7264?: CVE-2016-7264 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7264?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.