{"id":"CVE-2016-0121","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0121","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:35:22.551Z","title":"The Adobe Type Manager 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…","description":"The Adobe Type Manager 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font, aka \"OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability.\"","published":"2016-03-09T11:59:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:36:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.38861,"percentile":0.98592,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.35163,"percentile":0.98412},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.4124,"percentile":0.98604},{"date":"2026-09-23","score":0.38861,"percentile":0.98524}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-03-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":39560,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'ATMFD.dll' OTF Font Processing Pool-Based Buffer Overflow (MS16-026)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39560","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/39560.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/39560.txt","published":"2016-03-14","added":"2016-03-14","updated":"2016-03-14","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-0121","MS16-026"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=683"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.4124,"from":0.35163,"percentile":0.98604},"summary":"EPSS moved from 35.2% to 41.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84027","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035198","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-026","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39560/","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84027","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035198","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-026","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39560/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0121","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}