CVE-2016-7256

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Nov 10, 2016
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Sep 9, 2016

Description

atmfd.dll in the Windows font library 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, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Open Type Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://twitter.com/da5ch0/status/820161895269277696
1037243vdb-entry
MS16-132vendor-advisory
94156vdb-entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7256government-resource

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