Vulnerability · CVE-2016-0010
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 201…
Published Jan 13, 2016 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · excel for mac
Check this week
CVE-2016-0010 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 21.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run excel for mac.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 21.10%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/excel for mac · cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/powerpoint for mac
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."
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe microsoft/excel for mac2011
- cpe microsoft/excel for mac2016
- cpe microsoft/office2007
- cpe microsoft/office2010
- cpe microsoft/office2013
- cpe microsoft/office2016
- cpe microsoft/powerpoint for mac2011
How to fix CVE-2016-0010
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2016-0010 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 21.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run excel for mac.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with microsoft/excel for mac 2011; microsoft/excel for mac 2016; microsoft/powerpoint for mac 2011. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 21.10%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jan 13, 2016 · NIST NVD
Detected
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."
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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."
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0010
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-0010
30-day exploitation probability 21.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0010
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 arbitrar
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.