CVE-2016-7230: microsoft office_web_apps

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7230 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft office_web_apps. EPSS estimates a 18.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-11-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office 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.