CVE-2016-3279High

Microsoft security update for CVE-2016-3279

Published
July 12, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Microsoft's advisory

EchelonGraph does not copy Microsoft's advisory page: its FAQ and remediation text are not shown here. Read the advisory on https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3279. This page also shows what EchelonGraph holds for CVE-2016-3279, with the description from its CVE record, which the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned the CVE wrote: for a CVE Microsoft assigned, often in the words of Microsoft's own advisory.

🎯 Affected products24

  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2 on Word Automation Services
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 19 updates

19 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2016-3279

EchelonGraph score
5.5 MEDIUM
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

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."

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2016-3279, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (19)