Windows Vista Published lifecycle

Windows Vista is tracked by BlackTree as an operating system or system software product. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.

Evidence status

This record passed BlackTree's automatic primary-source checks with a confidence score of 96. It is returned for operational research without requiring routine manual approval. Confirm edition and deployment applicability before acting.

Product overview

Main capabilities

Application and workload execution
Hardware, networking and storage management
Security updates and platform maintenance

Typical use

Used on endpoints, servers, appliances, virtual machines or cloud instances.

Deployment

Installed on physical or virtual systems, or delivered as an appliance or cloud image.

This category-level context is generated from the registered product identity. Confirm exact product capabilities on the publisher's page .

Collected lifecycle data

Product	Windows Vista
Release	Published lifecycle
End of Fixed Lifecycle Policy	11 April 2017
Date precision	Day

Known exploited vulnerabilities

Catalogue updated 11 Sep 2026

These are product-family matches in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. Confirm the affected product version in the vendor advisory.

CVE-2017-0001Added 3 Mar 2022

Microsoft Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) 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, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges

Microsoft · Graphics Device Interface (GDI)Ransomware use: Unknown

CISA entry

Package vulnerability advisories

OSV advisories are matched through the registered package URL. A package-family match does not prove that the installed release is affected. Check the affected and fixed versions before remediation.

No package advisories have been linked for this product identity.

This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.

Source evidence

PRIMARYReady

Microsoft lifecycle discovery

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Official vendor lifecycle or product-change property. Extracted records require human review.

First collected 25 Aug 2026 · Last collected 12 Sep 2026 · Review state accepted

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