CVE-2016-3393
Published 2016-10-14 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2016-3393 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
Graphics Device Interface (aka GDI or GDI+) 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; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Windows Graphics Component RCE Vulnerability."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-25 · Due: 2022-06-15
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93377
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036988
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-120
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93377
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036988
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-120
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3393

