Vulnerability · CVE-2019-1297
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published Sep 11, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Excel
Patch now
CVE-2019-1297 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 17, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Excel 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
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 21.80%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/excel · cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office 365 proplus · vendor Microsoft Excel
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution 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/excel2010
- cpe microsoft/excel2013
- cpe microsoft/excel2016
- cpe microsoft/office2016
- cpe microsoft/office2019
- cpe microsoft/office 365 proplusversion unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Excelversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2019-1297
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Mar 17, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2019-1297 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 17, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Excel 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 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 21.80%. 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.
Sep 11, 2019 · Catalog
Detected
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Mar 17, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-1297
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-1297
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-1297
30-day exploitation probability 21.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-1297
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-1297
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.
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.