CVE-2015-6177

critical
Published 2015-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftexcel2007
windows microsoftexcel_viewer
windows microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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