CVE-2016-0178

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The RPC NDR Engine 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 mishandles free operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed RPC requests, aka "RPC Network Data Representation Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 1511
Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90032
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035837
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90032
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035837
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-061

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