$ cve CVE-2016-0145 JSON

CVE-2016-0145 EXPLOIT

8.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 43.3% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The 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 and 1511; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, and 3.5.1; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; and Live Meeting 2007 Console allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font, aka "Graphics Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Scoring

CVSS	8.8 (HIGH, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	43.27% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2016-04-12
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (13)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	.net framework
microsoft	live meeting
microsoft	lync
microsoft	office
microsoft	skype for business
microsoft	windows 10
microsoft	windows 7
microsoft	windows 8.1
microsoft	windows rt 8.1
microsoft	windows server 2008
microsoft	windows server 2012
microsoft	windows vista
microsoft	word viewer

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys' TTF Processing EBLC / EBSC Tables Pool Corruption (MS16-039)	2016-04-28

References

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