CVE-2016-3279

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.164 · 97 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

16.4% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

29 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLA file, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-254USprimaryCWE-254US

affected products (29)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel 2016all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft SharePoint Server≤ 2010 SP2fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Word 2016all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft excel= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel= 2013nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel= 2016nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel rt= 2013nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_rt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-07-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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