Vulnerability · CVE-2016-3233
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Micros…
Published Jun 16, 2016 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · the affected product
Check this week
CVE-2016-3233 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- 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
- High7.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 14.82%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/excel · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 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/office compatibility packversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2016-3233
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-2016-3233 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.82% 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 2007, 2010. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 14.82%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 16, 2016 · NIST NVD
Detected
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 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 Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3233
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-3233
30-day exploitation probability 14.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3233
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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.