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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7182

The Graphics component 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…

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 30.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Graphics component 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; and Live Meeting 2007 Console allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted True Type font, aka "True Type Font Parsing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
30.32% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 October 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
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%18%35%21 September 2026: 26.19%22 September 2026: 30.32%27 October 2026: 30.32%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 26.2% on 21 September 2026 to 30.3% on 27 October 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-40599source ↗Microsoft Windows - 'win32k.sys' TTF Processing win32k!sbit_Embolden / win32k!ttfdCloseFontContext Use-After-Free (MS16-120)windows · Google Security Researchdos20 October 2016yes

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