CVE detail

CVE-2016-7256 — Microsoft Windows Open Type Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published 2022-05-25 · Modified 2022-05-25 · Source kev

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.6483

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

99.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

LISTED

CISA KEV

due 2022-06-15

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take control of the affected system.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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