High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Oct 14, 2016

CVE-2016-7193Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on Sha…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 3, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Mar 24, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, and Office Online Server allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 3, 2022; federal remediation due Mar 24, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 57.58% (percentile 99)
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

microsoft office microsoft:office	2007; 2010; 2016	NVD
microsoft office_compatibility_pack microsoft:office_compatibility_pack	all versions	NVD
microsoft word microsoft:word	2010; 2011; 2013; 2013; 2016	NVD
microsoft word_viewer microsoft:word_viewer	all versions	NVD

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93372vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-121vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ms, patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036984vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, broken-link, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7193us-government-resource

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