THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-0145
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0145

.Net Framework vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
43.3%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The 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 and 1511; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, and 3.5.1; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; and Live Meeting 2007 Console allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font, aka "Graphics Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
.Net Framework
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 43.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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  • Confirm whether Microsoft .Net Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0145.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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