High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-0139

Description

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft/Excel
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Excel Viewer
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Word For Mac
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035525nvd
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-042nvd

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