{"id":"CVE-2016-3209","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-3209","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:14:48.895Z","title":"Graphics Device Interface (aka GDI or GDI+) 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, 1511, and 1607; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010…","description":"Graphics Device Interface (aka GDI or GDI+) 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, 1511, and 1607; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Live Meeting 2007 Console; .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, and 4.6; and Silverlight 5 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka \"True Type Font Parsing Information Disclosure Vulnerability.\"","published":"2016-10-14T02:59:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:45:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["microsoft/.net framework","microsoft/live meeting","microsoft/lync","microsoft/office","microsoft/silverlight","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"],"epss":{"score":0.53653,"percentile":0.98998,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.38584,"percentile":0.98554},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.53653,"percentile":0.98945}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-10-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40598,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows - 'win32k.sys' TTF Processing RCVT TrueType Instruction Handler Out-of-Bounds Read (MS16-120)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40598","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/40598.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/40598.txt","published":"2016-10-20","added":"2016-10-20","updated":"2016-10-21","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-3209","MS16-120"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=864"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.7%, 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":0.53653,"from":0.38584,"percentile":0.98945},"summary":"EPSS moved from 38.6% to 53.7% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93385","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036988","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-120","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93385","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036988","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-120","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3209","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."}