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CVE-2021-38660 (GCVE-0-2021-38660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-15 11:24 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:11
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-08 20:32 UTC
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 Affected: 15.0.0.0 , < 5381.1000 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_2013:*:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
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