CVE-2016-7277
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-7277- CVSS 3.0
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-7277- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8133 No score
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-8133- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6f9h-5q62-2mmx
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...
Microsoft Office 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-6f9h-5q62-2mmx- CVSS 3.0
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7277 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Microsoft Office, published December 20, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.