CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0178

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The RPC NDR Engine in Microsoft Windows mishandles free operations, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed RPC requests.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to the integrity and security of systems within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update operating systems to the latest versions that include security patches addressing this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS