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CVE-2016-0100

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local...

8.4 HighPublic exploit

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

57.2%Up 17.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.4

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-0100
CVSS 3.0
8.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-0100
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0138 No score

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
EUVD-2016-0138
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7hc2-7vr5-3759 8.4

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local...

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
GHSA-7hc2-7vr5-3759
CVSS 3.0
8.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

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

In short

CVE-2016-0100 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Microsoft Windows Vista, published March 9, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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