CVE-2016-0012: Microsoft Excel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 10.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Excel 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Visio 2016, Word 2016, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Office ASLR Bypass."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2007 only; version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2007 only; version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft PowerPoint: version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft Visio: version 2007 only; version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft Visual Basics: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Word: version 2007 only; version 2010 only; version 2013 only; version 2016 only

Published 2016-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.