Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Office for Mac 2011; E…

published 2013-10-09 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3821

cvss: 9.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 27.4%; EPSS 27.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

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Exploit prediction

27.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-084
vendor-advisory
docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-085
vendor-advisory
us-cert.gov /ncas/alerts/TA13-288A
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19132
vdb-entry, signature
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18901
vdb-entry, signature

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3889
NVD CVE-2013-3889

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