CVE-2016-7193

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 58%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · epss highExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
81
EG Risk 81/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
58%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 14, 2016

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 19, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7193
generic

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-121 - Critical | Microsoft Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-121
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036984
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93372

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-7193(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 105× in last 7d / 442× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,803 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 11:29 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-04 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 07:52 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-04 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-04 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-04 00:36 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-04 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-03 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-03 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-03 17:23 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-03 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-10-03 13:46 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-03 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-03 10:09 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-03 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-03 06:32 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-03 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-10-03 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-03 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-10-02 23:16 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-02 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-02 16:01 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-02 16:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 12:22 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-02 12:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 08:45 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-02 08:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 05:09 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-02 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-02 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-01 21:55 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-01 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-01 18:16 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-01 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-01 14:36 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-01 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-01 11:00 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-01 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-01 07:23 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-01 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 03:46 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-01 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-10-01 00:10 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-01 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-30 20:32 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-30 20:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-30 16:56 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-30 16:56 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-30 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-30 14:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-09-30 13:20 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-30 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-30 09:43 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-30 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-30 06:07 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-30 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-30 02:30 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-30 02:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-29 22:54 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-29 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-29 19:18 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-29 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-29 15:40 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-29 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-29 12:02 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-29 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-29 08:25 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-29 08:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-29 04:48 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-29 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-29 01:10 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-29 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-28 21:32 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-28 21:32 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-28 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-28 17:56 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-28 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-28 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-28 14:16 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-28 14:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-28 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-09-28 10:39 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-28 10:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-28 07:01 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-28 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-28 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-28 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-27 23:45 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-27 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-27 21:51 UTCCISA KEV update
  75. 2026-09-27 20:08 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2016-7193?
CVE-2016-7193 is a critical vulnerability published on October 14, 2016. 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…
When was CVE-2016-7193 disclosed?
CVE-2016-7193 was first published on October 14, 2016, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-7193 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2016-7193 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, affecting Microsoft Office. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-7193?
CVE-2016-7193 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2016-7193?
CVE-2016-7193 affects Microsoft Office.
How do I remediate CVE-2016-7193?
A fix for CVE-2016-7193 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2016-7193 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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