CVE-2016-7256
Published 2016-11-10 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2016-7256 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) 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.
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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."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows Open Type Font 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/94156
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037243
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-132
- https://twitter.com/da5ch0/status/820161895269277696
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94156
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037243
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-132
- https://twitter.com/da5ch0/status/820161895269277696