CVE-2016-0088
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.54% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2012
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 7.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.