CVE-2021-40481
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution 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
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-40481- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27658
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-27658- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7pm8-mc92-p2r8
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021...
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-40480.
- Record
GHSA-7pm8-mc92-p2r8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-40481- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - 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-2021-40481 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Office, published October 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.85%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.