CVE-2017-0156

high
Published 2017-04-12 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.0

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 when the Microsoft Graphics Component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windowsaffected
windows windows1511affected
windows windows1607affected
windows windows1703affected
windows windowsr2affected

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.