01 Record

CVE-2016-7259

The Graphics Component in the kernel-mode drivers 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,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Graphics Component in the kernel-mode drivers 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,

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-12-20 05:54Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-19

Data version

5.1

Document digest

96bdd9bcbff36d5e5c5c9b8e2364af6dc2cc3df752ca7d7fc62ccc64b6297644

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftwindows_10Not specified—

microsoftwindows_7Not specified—

microsoftwindows_8.1Not specified—

microsoftwindows_rt_8.1Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2008Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2012Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2016Not specified—

microsoftwindows_vistaNot specified—

06 References

blog.quarkslab.comhttp://blog.quarkslab.com/cve-2016-7259-an-empty-file-into-the-blue.htmlx_refsource_MISC
docs.microsoft.comMS16-151https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-151vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.securitytracker.com1037452http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037452vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com20161214 Secunia Research: Microsoft Windows Type 1 Font Processing Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539919/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com94771http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94771vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140172/Microsoft-Windows-Type-1-Font-Processing-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC