CVE-2016-0173: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel-mode drivers 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 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0171, CVE-2016-0174, and CVE-2016-0196.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: any version; version 1511 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version

Published 2016-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.