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7.8high

CVE-2016-3301in critical feed1 exploit

The Windows font library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 201…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
44.5%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The Windows font library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; and Live Meeting 2007 Console allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font, aka "Windows Graphics Component RCE Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

44.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40255 Microsoft Windows - GDI+ DecodeCompressedRLEBitmap Invalid Pointer Arithmetic Out-of-Bounds Write (MS16-097) · dos · 2016-08-17

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/92288 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40255/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-097 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036564 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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