CVE-2016-7291

high
Published 2016-12-20 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.1

Description

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word for Mac 2011, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7290.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
70%
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

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftoffice2010
windows microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack-
windows microsoftoffice_web_apps2010
windows microsoftsharepoint_server2010
windows microsoftword2007
windows microsoftword2010
windows microsoftword_automation_services-
windows microsoftword_for_mac2011

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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

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