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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8587: Windows Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8587: Windows Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/11/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

Windows Explorer 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 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it attempts to open a non-existent file, aka "Windows Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability".

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4025338
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4025344
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4025343
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4025333
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4025336
  • msft-kb4025333-2884a1b4-f534-42b7-b4e9-6b07e48912f2
  • msft-kb4025333-9787a4fc-d69c-4bf5-92bf-7ee510368696
  • msft-kb4025337-27fce932-7817-4fdb-965f-19eb36d78839
  • msft-kb4025337-6c36dd1f-0240-48fa-9696-3fcf17a57a62
  • msft-kb4025337-794feee1-ea78-4c11-a683-a91335abb0e3
  • msft-kb4025337-856a0bc5-b356-4282-a54e-9cf87b548303
  • msft-kb4025337-85fadee5-ed6f-4a22-964a-9b2991c4cff1
  • msft-kb4025337-c15b95d8-875f-4922-9460-08ece3c9b584
  • msft-kb4025343-3a348a0c-2982-4ee6-b51b-6e4644a6c888
  • msft-kb4025343-878d370a-a48a-4f91-b0fc-a0dfd69e30ab
  • msft-kb4025674-796752bd-b788-4f7b-94fa-00614a9c7a1a
  • msft-kb4025674-c2ad58e5-01ca-4930-9394-a3f0eae1fde9
  • msft-kb4025674-fa5f063d-3a12-42ad-abc3-9be2a9f25b26

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