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CVE-2016-3303in critical feed1 exploit

The Windows font library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
50.5%
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, 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3304.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

50.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40256 Microsoft Windows - GDI+ ValidateBitmapInfo Invalid Pointer Arithmetic Out-of-Bounds Reads (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

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40256/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92301 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, 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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