CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8691
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allow an attacker to execute code remotely on a target system when the Windows font library fails to properly handle specially crafted embedded fonts, aka "Express Compressed Fonts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-142 fortiguard.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8691 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-142 fortiguard.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8691 Patch, Vendor Advisory