CVE-2016-0120 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0120?

CVE-2016-0120 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 9 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Adobe Type Manager Library 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted OpenType font, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0120?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-0120 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-0120 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10

• CVE-2015-2426 Microsoft Windows Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1769 Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Exploited Medium 6.6
• CVE-2020-1467 Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-26424 Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-28476 Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.9

All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7g2g-p3mf-rphp.