Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-17
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Excel
EPSS
97.4th percentile (score 0.407, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1297

CISA short description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.