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CVE-2016-7217

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1,...

8.8 High

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

21.5%Down 11.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-7217
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-7217
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8076 No score

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Record
EUVD-2016-8076
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwj2-w4wm-5hvh 8.8

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1,...

Media Foundation in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Record
GHSA-vwj2-w4wm-5hvh
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7217 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Windows 10, published November 10, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.5%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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