CVE-2016-3374
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1,...
CVE-2016-3374 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Edge, published September 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "PDF Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3370.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "PDF Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3370.
- Record
CVE-2016-3374- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "PDF Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3370.
- Record
CVE-2016-3374- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4405 No score
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "PDF Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3370.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4405- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gvh-7r9h-q29p
6.5
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1,...
The PDF library in Microsoft Edge, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "PDF Library Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3370.
- Record
GHSA-9gvh-7r9h-q29p- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
securitytracker.com/id/1036789
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-115
blog.malerisch.net/2016/09/microsoft--out-of-bounds-read-pdf-library-cve-2016-3374.html
securityfocus.com/bid/92838
srcincite.io/advisories/src-2016-39
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-105
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3374
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gvh-7r9h-q29p