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01 Record

CVE-2021-43256

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

02 Description

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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
2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% 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:3.1/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-12-15 14:15Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 03:55Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-11-02
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bc95397abbdcf7cd7e51e9786255352a431400feed3d32e4a811de4b9cda12e8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftOffice Online Serverhttps://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases to < 16.0.10381.20001Unknown
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 201919.0.0 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise16.0.1 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office LTSC 202116.0.1 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesx64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel 201616.0.0.0 to < 16.0.5254.100032-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 115.0.0.0 to < 15.0.5407.1000ARM64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 115.0.1 to < 15.0.5407.1000Unknown

06 References