CVE-2016-0012 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0012?

CVE-2016-0012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 13 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Excel 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Visio 2016, Word 2016, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Office ASLR Bypass."

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0012?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Visual Basics, Microsoft Word.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-0012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hcf8-6frx-pchf.