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CVE-2016-0183

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0183 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows font library affecting Microsoft Office 2010, Word 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, and Office Web Apps 2010. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious embedded font, leading to a high-severity impact. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N), allowing for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1570 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Word Viewer
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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)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9432-10495
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-May/CVE-2016-0183Critical

Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 10, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-054
securitytracker.com / id/1035819