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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8679: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8679: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

The Windows kernel component on Microsoft 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an information disclosure vulnerability when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8708, CVE-2017-8709, and CVE-2017-8719.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4038781
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4038783
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4038782
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4038788
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4038786
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4038793
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4038782
  • msft-kb4038779-1070c9d0-e91b-4bc4-b7b9-a64dd8e76951
  • msft-kb4038779-1f7d6ab2-b81a-4f48-859a-706a9990c78c
  • msft-kb4038779-3de7a78a-5b97-4df7-8bf6-36ebe20d3c75
  • msft-kb4038779-530b9069-0208-4eef-add4-da2b473e9ef8
  • msft-kb4038779-bb0be51a-f352-4d5f-b522-7d85d6e18585
  • msft-kb4038779-fcccb9ba-857f-484e-83be-fd0685a31efb
  • msft-kb4038786-2ac4d3a4-287f-4f33-bb61-b7b81245f55b
  • msft-kb4038786-793b7e3e-090e-472e-b275-b520b5832a77
  • msft-kb4038793-8c3d7238-564c-4ed3-ae6f-e3d9881f6f5f
  • msft-kb4038793-d97e9753-f904-44d9-87a2-35cbf248aef4
  • msft-kb4038874-448ff856-9bec-4ead-ade5-aa76015015e7
  • msft-kb4038874-56b1356c-918a-46e1-81fe-bcd64abaa9d7
  • msft-kb4038874-f45a4e59-5cbc-40c5-917b-c8a9d20c0157

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