CVE-2016-7217
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."
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
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 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV: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 High
CVSS: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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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.