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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS16-147 Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (3204063) Windows Vista Critical 14-12-2016

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows due to the way Windows Uniscribe handles objects in the memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system.

Detailed Information on the risk:

In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or in an Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker’s website, or by opening an attachment sent through email.
In a file sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file that is designed to exploit this vulnerability, and then convince a user to open the document file.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS16-147

Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 
Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems

Affected Software

Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 
Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems