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CVE-2016-7254

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 and 2012 SP3 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, aka "SQL RDBMS Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server: 2012-sp2, 2012-sp3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94061
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94061
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136

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