CVE-2016-7264 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7264?

CVE-2016-7264 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 20 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, Excel for Mac 2011, and Excel 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7264?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel for Mac, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7264?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7264 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7264 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7264 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6mcm-xc38-6p28.