CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8588

7.0 HIGH Published 2017-07-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2017-07-11
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Microsoft WordPad in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it parses specially crafted files, aka "WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 • microsoft windows 10 1511 • microsoft windows 10 1607 • microsoft windows 10 1703 • microsoft windows 7 • microsoft windows 8.1 • microsoft windows rt 8.1 • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2 • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99400 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8588 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99400 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8588 Patch, Vendor Advisory