CVE-2016-7236

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, and Excel Services on...

7.8 High

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

20.7%Down 27.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2016-7236
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-7236
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-8095 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-8095
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6p7p-m68f-56wp 7.8

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, and Excel Services on...

Record: GHSA-6p7p-m68f-56wp
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7236 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Excel, published November 10, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.7%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.