What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-0010?

CVE-2016-0010 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 53.9%.

Excel For Mac CVE-2016-0010

HIGH

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2016-01-13 secure@microsoft.com

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft Excel For Mac Office Powerpoint For Mac Word For Mac Word Viewer

7.8

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jan 13, 2016 - 05:59 cve.org

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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

AnalysisAI

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Office 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, PowerPoint for Mac 2011, Word for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, PowerPoint 2016 for. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 53.9% and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Office 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, PowerPoint for Mac 2011, Word for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, Word 2016 for Mac, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability." Affected products include: Microsoft Excel For Mac, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Powerpoint For Mac, Microsoft Word For Mac, Microsoft Word Viewer.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.