# Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE record · `CVE-2022-21841`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-21841`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Office 2019](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019.md) · [Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019-for-mac.md) · [Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-365-apps-for-enterprise.md) · [Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-ltsc-for-mac-2021.md) · [Microsoft Office LTSC 2021](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-ltsc-2021.md) · [Microsoft Office 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2016.md) · [Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2013-service-pack-1.md)
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Jan 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 Jan 2022, 20:22 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: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019.
  - affected: `19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac.
  - affected: `16.0.0 to before 16.57.22011101` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.
  - affected: `16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021.
  - affected: `16.0.1 to before 16.57.22011101` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021.
  - affected: `16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2016.
  - affected: `16.0.0 to before 16.0.5266.1000` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1.
  - affected: `15.0.0 to before 15.0.5415.1000` (custom)

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `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`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.027, the 86th 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 Jan 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-21841](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21841)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-21841](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21841)

### References from the CNA

- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21841> (vendor-advisory)

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.

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