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01 Record

CVE-2015-6040

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
13.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2015-12-09 11:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 07:06Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2015-08-14
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b210f686db8c7eb10a431da840187be3b415cdbd4340d783de990f07a6870204

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
microsoftexcelNot specified—
microsoftexcel_for_macNot specified—
microsoftexcel_viewerNot specified—
microsoftoffice_compatibility_packNot specified—

06 References