CVE-2016-7244 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2016-11-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 16.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16485.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94029
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-133

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-11-10T06:16:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-15T15:49:43.889Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7244

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.273Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-10T06:59:57.787

Modified: 2026-10-15T16:17:26.273

Link: CVE-2016-7244

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284
Improper Access Control

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