Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2024-20673
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
EPSS: 0.004 (62.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2016
- Microsoft Excel 2016 — versions 16.0.0.0
- Microsoft Office 2016 — versions 16.0.0
- Microsoft Office 2019 — versions 19.0.0
- Microsoft Office Ltsc 2021 — versions 16.0.1
- Microsoft Powerpoint 2016 — versions 16.0.0
- Microsoft Publisher 2016 — versions 16.0.0
- Microsoft Visio 2016 — versions 16.0.1
- Microsoft Word 2016 — versions 16.0.1
- Microsoft Office — versions 2016, 2019
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-20673?
- CVE-2024-20673 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2024-20673?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-20673 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.