CVE-2016-7182

critical
Published 2016-10-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected
windows windows1511affected
windows windows1607affected
windows windowsaffected
windows windowsr2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftlive_meeting2007
windows microsoftlync2010
windows microsoftlync2013
windows microsoftoffice2007
windows microsoftoffice2010
windows microsoftskype_for_business2016
windows microsoftword_viewer-

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.