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CVE-2016-0015 in the critical feed json

DirectShow in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 G…

published 2016-01-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0054

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
49.4%
EPSS 49.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

DirectShow in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "DirectShow Heap Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39232)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

49.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39232 Microsoft Windows - devenum.dll!DeviceMoniker::Load() Heap Corruption Buffer Underflow (MS16-007) dos, 2016-01-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.