CVE-2016-3316

high
Published 2016-08-09 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Microsoft Word 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, 2016, and 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-40238 dos multiple verified
COSIG ยท 2016-08-16

Microsoft Word 2013/2016 - sprmSdyaTop Denial of Service (MS16-099)

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftword2013
windows microsoftword2016
windows microsoftword_for_mac2016

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.