CVE-2016-3357: microsoft office

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3357 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 54.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-09-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Office 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Excel Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.