CVE-2016-3316Critical

Microsoft security update for CVE-2016-3316 — Microsoft Word

Published
August 9, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-3316 →

📋 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-2016-3316. This page also shows what EchelonGraph holds for CVE-2016-3316, 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 products6

  • 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)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 1 KB article and 4 other updates

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

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
KB821976Security Update—

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2016-3316

EchelonGraph score
8.2 HIGH
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 Word 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, 2016, and 2016 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2016-3316, 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 (5)