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CVE-2016-3303

65
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3303 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows font library, affecting various Microsoft products including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Office suites, Lync, and Skype for Business. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a crafted document) to trigger. While it has a high EPSS and FAUCET risk score, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor is it listed on CISA's KEV catalog. Although an ExploitDB entry exists for a related vulnerability (MS16-097), no direct Metasploit or Nuclei exploits are available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:live_meeting:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendee:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
50.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40256 · Aug 17, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5051 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (29)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Skype for Business 2016 (32-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Skype for Business 2016 Basic (32-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Skype for Business 2016 (64-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Skype for Business 2016 Basic (64-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2010 (32-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2010 (64-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee (user level install)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee (admin level install)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Word Viewer
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Live Meeting 2007 Console
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Aug/CVE-2016-3303Critical

Microsoft Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Aug 9, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-097
exploit-db.com / exploits/40256
securityfocus.com / bid/92301
securitytracker.com / id/1036564