CVE record · CVE-2019-1297

Microsoft Excel: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the…

CVSS 8.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.22 · 97th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 3 Mar 2022: it is known to be exploited.
CVSS score 8.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.22 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 Sept 2019, 21:25 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Excel	affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) affected 2013 RT Service Pack 1 affected 2016 (32-bit edition) affected 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft	Microsoft Office	affected 2016 for Mac affected 2019 for 32-bit editions affected 2019 for 64-bit editions affected 2019 for Mac
Microsoft	Office 365 ProPlus	affected 32-bit Systems affected 64-bit Systems

Identifiers: CVE-2019-1297
CNA: microsoft
Tags: Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
Published: 11 Sept 2019
Updated: 21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Listed since 3 Mar 2022: known to be exploited.
EPSS 0.22, the 97th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1297

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.