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CVE-2022-38010: Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft 365 Apps: all versions
• Microsoft Office: 2019
• Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: 2021
• Microsoft Visio: 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft 365 Apps: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
• Microsoft Office LTSC 2021: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
• Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1: from 15.0.1 before 15.0.5485.1001 — fixed in 15.0.5485.1001
• Microsoft Visio 2016: from 16.0.1 before 16.0.5361.1002 — fixed in 16.0.5361.1002
• Microsoft Office: from 19.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Apps https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 15.0.5485.1001; Microsoft Visio 2016 16.0.5361.1002; Microsoft Office https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38010
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38010

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