CVE-2017-8543
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 74.2%
Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
- Affected
- Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Windows
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 10.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 74.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-05-24
- Published
- 2017-06-15
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- americanhanko/windows-security-cve-2017-85430★ · 2017-06-19
Security advisories
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8543
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038667