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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8692: Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8692: Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

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-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

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