Applies ToVisio Professional 2016 Visio Standard 2016

Summary

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-116. Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Visio 2016 installed on the computer. After you apply this security update, you may see a popup window that states that a website wants to open web content in protected mode in Internet Explorer. See Updates to change the way that Internet Explorer interacts with features in Microsoft Office applications for more information.For a complete list of affected versions of Office software, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 3104540.

Improvements and fixes

This update also contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues:

  • When you use Visio 2016 to save a .vdx file that contains SolutionXML elements that were created in Visio 2010, the SolutionXML elements are lost.

  • When you try to save a large .vsd file in Visio 2016, Visio 2016 crashes, and the file isn't saved.

  • When you open a .vsdx file in Visio 2016, renamed rows in the Shape Data section are deleted for all master instances.

  • When you try to create an organization chart by using a Microsoft SQL Server driver, you receive the following error message in the organization chart wizard:

    Invalid data. Your data file is empty.

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Get security updates automatically.

Method 2: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the stand-alone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

More Information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 3104540.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released update 2920708.

The English version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For all supported x86-based versions of Visio 2016

File identifier

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

dwgcnv.vsl_3082

dwgcnv.vsl

39592

28-Oct-15

12:09

visbrres.dll_3082

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

45784

28-Oct-15

12:09

dwgcnv.vsl_1036

dwgcnv.vsl

39592

28-Oct-15

12:09

visbrres.dll_1036

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

45784

28-Oct-15

12:09

dwgcnv.vsl_1041

dwgcnv.vsl

37544

28-Oct-15

12:09

visbrres.dll_1041

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

35032

28-Oct-15

12:09

visio.exe

visio.exe

16.0.4300.1000

1349792

29-Oct-15

04:40

vislib.dll

vislib.dll

16.0.4300.1000

19976872

29-Oct-15

04:40

visshe.dll

visshe.dll

16.0.4300.1000

887992

27-Oct-15

10:34

aec.dll

aec.dll

16.0.4300.1000

942784

27-Oct-15

10:34

bstorm.dll

bstorm.dll

16.0.4291.1000

705736

27-Oct-15

10:34

dbwiz.dll

dbwiz.dll

16.0.4300.1000

924328

27-Oct-15

10:34

drilldwn.dll

drilldwn.dll

16.0.4300.1000

913088

29-Oct-15

04:40

electrical.vsl

electrical.vsl

144448

27-Oct-15

10:34

facility.dll

facility.dll

16.0.4300.1000

984240

27-Oct-15

10:34

gantt.dll

gantt.dll

16.0.4300.1000

970928

27-Oct-15

10:34

hvac.dll

hvac.dll

16.0.4291.1000

363696

27-Oct-15

10:34

orgchart.dll

orgchart.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1269456

27-Oct-15

10:34

orgchwiz.dll

orgchwiz.dll

16.0.4300.1000

484040

27-Oct-15

10:34

pe.dll

pe.dll

16.0.4300.1000

543408

27-Oct-15

10:34

savasweb.dll

savasweb.dll

16.0.4300.1000

424624

27-Oct-15

10:34

sg.dll

sg.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1789608

27-Oct-15

10:34

timesoln.dll

timesoln.dll

16.0.4300.1000

966848

27-Oct-15

10:34

viscolor.dll

viscolor.dll

16.0.4288.1000

74320

29-Oct-15

04:40

visutils.dll

visutils.dll

16.0.4291.1000

478376

27-Oct-15

10:34

visweb.dll

visweb.dll

16.0.4300.1000

701128

27-Oct-15

10:34

xfunc.dll

xfunc.dll

16.0.4300.1000

469696

27-Oct-15

10:34

dwgdp.dll

dwgdp.dll

16.0.4300.1000

6319280

27-Oct-15

10:34

dwgcnv.dll

dwgcnv.dll

16.0.4291.1000

155816

27-Oct-15

10:34

msoutls.dll

msoutls.dll

16.0.4288.1000

218208

29-Oct-15

04:40

visbrgr.dll

visbrgr.dll

16.0.4300.1000

10924744

29-Oct-15

04:40

visdlgu.dll

visdlgu.dll

16.0.4288.1000

154280

29-Oct-15

04:40

For all supported x64-based versions of Visio 2016

File identifier

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

dwgcnv.vsl_3082

dwgcnv.vsl

45736

28-Oct-15

12:11

visbrres.dll_3082

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

48344

28-Oct-15

12:11

dwgcnv.vsl_1036

dwgcnv.vsl

45736

28-Oct-15

12:11

visbrres.dll_1036

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

48344

28-Oct-15

12:11

dwgcnv.vsl_1041

dwgcnv.vsl

43688

28-Oct-15

12:11

visbrres.dll_1041

visbrres.dll

16.0.4291.1000

37592

28-Oct-15

12:11

visio.exe

visio.exe

16.0.4300.1000

1351328

29-Oct-15

04:41

vislib.dll

vislib.dll

16.0.4300.1000

27124392

29-Oct-15

04:41

visocx.dll

visocx.dll

16.0.4288.1000

331872

27-Oct-15

10:46

visshe.dll

visshe.dll

16.0.4300.1000

946872

27-Oct-15

10:46

visshe.dll.x64

visshe.dll

16.0.4300.1000

946872

aec.dll

aec.dll

16.0.4288.1000

1441472

27-Oct-15

10:46

bstorm.dll

bstorm.dll

16.0.4291.1000

1014472

27-Oct-15

10:46

dbwiz.dll

dbwiz.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1189032

27-Oct-15

10:46

drilldwn.dll

drilldwn.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1564352

29-Oct-15

04:41

electrical.vsl

electrical.vsl

227904

27-Oct-15

10:46

facility.dll

facility.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1496240

27-Oct-15

10:46

gantt.dll

gantt.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1437360

27-Oct-15

10:46

hvac.dll

hvac.dll

16.0.4300.1000

578736

27-Oct-15

10:46

orgchart.dll

orgchart.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1817296

27-Oct-15

10:46

orgchwiz.dll

orgchwiz.dll

16.0.4300.1000

707272

27-Oct-15

10:46

pe.dll

pe.dll

16.0.4300.1000

906416

27-Oct-15

10:46

savasweb.dll

savasweb.dll

16.0.4300.1000

566448

27-Oct-15

10:46

sg.dll

sg.dll

16.0.4300.1000

2440872

27-Oct-15

10:46

timesoln.dll

timesoln.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1519808

27-Oct-15

10:46

viscolor.dll

viscolor.dll

16.0.4288.1000

106064

29-Oct-15

04:41

visutils.dll

visutils.dll

16.0.4300.1000

764072

27-Oct-15

10:46

visweb.dll

visweb.dll

16.0.4300.1000

1144008

27-Oct-15

10:46

xfunc.dll

xfunc.dll

16.0.4300.1000

832192

27-Oct-15

10:46

dwgdp.dll

dwgdp.dll

16.0.4300.1000

9013936

27-Oct-15

10:46

dwgcnv.dll

dwgcnv.dll

16.0.4300.1000

214184

27-Oct-15

10:46

msoutls.dll

msoutls.dll

16.0.4300.1000

287424

29-Oct-15

04:41

visbrgr.dll

visbrgr.dll

16.0.4300.1000

15497416

29-Oct-15

04:41

visdlgu.dll

visdlgu.dll

16.0.4288.1000

207432

29-Oct-15

04:41

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