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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-7193

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Oct 11, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Office

Patch now

CVE-2016-7193 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
57.58%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · cpe microsoft/word · vendor Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, and Office Online Server allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF 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/office2007
  • cpe microsoft/office2010
  • cpe microsoft/office2016
  • cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/word2010
  • cpe microsoft/word2011
  • cpe microsoft/word2013
  • vendor Microsoft Officeversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-7193

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-7193 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 2007, 2010, 2016, 2011, 2013. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 57.58%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. 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. Oct 13, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, and Office Online Server allow remote attackers to execute ar

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, and Office Online Server allow remote attackers to execute ar

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7193

    Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7193

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-7193

    30-day exploitation probability 57.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7193

    Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1,

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7193

    Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.