HIGHCVSS v3.1 8.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-05-25Vulnerability
CVE-2016-7256
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.
Properties
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Windows Open Type Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- First seen
- 2025-10-21T23:55:48+00:00
- Cvss score
- 8.8
- Epss score
- 0.64591
- Last seen
- 2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
- Due date
- 2022-06-15
- Euvd assigner
- microsoft
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
- Exploited euvd since
- 2022-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Src batch id
- epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
- Source url
- https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
- Date added
- 2022-05-25
- Score
- 8.8
- Euvd base score version
- 3.1
- Fetched at
- 2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- In Signal since
- initial import (Sep 2026)
- Euvd base score
- 8.8
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Vendor project
- Microsoft
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