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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0145

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…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 40.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 40.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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."

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
40.84% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 April 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/.net framework · microsoft/live meeting · microsoft/lync · microsoft/office · microsoft/skype for business · microsoft/word viewer · 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
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%23%45%21 September 2026: 38.03%22 September 2026: 43.27%27 October 2026: 40.84%4 November 2026: 40.84%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 38.0% on 21 September 2026 to 40.8% on 4 November 2026, peaking at 43.3% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39743source ↗Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys' TTF Processing EBLC / EBSC Tables Pool Corruption (MS16-039)windows · Google Security Researchdos28 April 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.