CVE-2017-0283

critical-risk
Published 2017-06-15

Uniscribe 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, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1, Skype for Business 2016, Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Microsoft Windows allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8528.

Do I need to act?

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56.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 44% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42234
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (18)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (12)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
Mitigation https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
Mitigation https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
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critical-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 25/34 · High
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate