CVE-2016-7291 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7291?

CVE-2016-7291 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, 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 Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word for Mac 2011, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7290.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7291?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, Microsoft Office Web Apps, Microsoft Sharepoint Server, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word Automation Services and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9mwf-p52h-hhqj.