CVE Watch—

CVE-2016-3235

Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability

CVSS

—

No CVSS

EPSS

43.3%

p99

KEV

YES

Nov 3, 2021

Exploit Today

0-100

Published: — · Last modified: —

EPSS · 30d

43.3%EPSS · 30 days43.6%

2026-09-162026-10-14

KEV catalog record

Product

Microsoft / Office

Vulnerability

Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediate by

May 3, 2022

Known ransomware use

Summary description

Microsoft Office Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) dynamic link library (DLL) contains a side loading vulnerability due to it improperly validating input before loading libraries. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3235

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