Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2016-0035

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Exc…

Published Jan 13, 2016 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · the affected product

Check this week

CVE-2016-0035 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 22.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

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  • 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
22.16%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe microsoft/excel · cpe microsoft/excel for mac

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, 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."

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  • cpe microsoft/excel2007
  • cpe microsoft/excel2010
  • cpe microsoft/excel2013
  • cpe microsoft/excel2016
  • cpe microsoft/excel for mac2011
  • cpe microsoft/excel for mac2016

How to fix CVE-2016-0035

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-0035 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 22.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/excel for mac 2011; microsoft/excel for mac 2016. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 22.16%. 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.

  1. Jan 13, 2016 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, 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."

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, 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."

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0035

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-0035

    30-day exploitation probability 22.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0035

    Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office M

    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.