The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server…

Description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0171, CVE-2016-0174, and CVE-2016-0196.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 1035841 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-279 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 90064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MS16-062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 39960 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=747 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137503/Windows-7-win32k-Bitmap-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2016-0173](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2016-0173.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2016-0173)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 22:08 UTC.