CVE-2016-7236

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

20.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2016-11-10 06:16Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

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

9099197bcd3ba3dde90bc6bb820bd9642162441b445ba010368d87900fa5f68c

• docs.microsoft.comMS16-133https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-133vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securityfocus.com94025http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94025vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037246http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.verisign.com20161108 Microsoft Office Excel Use-after-Free Vulnerabilityhttps://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1235third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE