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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-0145: GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-0145: GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/12/2016
Created
06/27/2024
Added
06/10/2024
Modified
06/10/2024

Description

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."

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3147461
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3147458

References

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