Remote code execution in Windows Graphics Component in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-3303

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in Windows font library when handling specially crafted embedded fonts. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted font and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user. The attacker can use a variety of software to deliver malicious font to the target system, including web browsers, emails, office documents.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability my allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable system.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3303

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

• Exploit #381 - Microsoft Windows - GDI+ ValidateBitmapInfo Invalid Pointer Arithmetic Out-of-Bounds Reads (MS16-097) (March 18, 2020)

External References

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-097.aspx

Related Security Bulletins

• Remote code execution in Windows Graphics Component
• Windows Graphics Component RCE Vulnerability
• Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component