CVE-2015-6038

critical

Published 2015-11-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	excel	`2007`
microsoft	excel	`2010`
microsoft	excel	`2013`
microsoft	excel_for_mac	`2011`
microsoft	excel_for_mac	`2016`
microsoft	excel_viewer
microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	`-`
microsoft	sharepoint_server	`2007`
microsoft	sharepoint_server	`2010`
microsoft	sharepoint_server	`2013`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.