November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2016-0185 — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2022-05-03- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 99.1th percentile (score 0.802, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0185
CISA short description
Microsoft Windows Media Center contains a remote code execution vulnerability when Windows Media Center opens a specially crafted Media Center link (.mcl) file that references malicious code.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.