CVE-2017-0283
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| windows | affected | | |
| windows | 1511 | affected | |
| windows | 1607 | affected | |
| windows | 1703 | affected | |
| windows | - | affected | |
| windows | rt | affected | |
| windows | r2 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | lync | 2013 | |
| microsoft | office | 2007 | |
| microsoft | office | 2010 | |
| microsoft | office_word_viewer | - | |
| microsoft | silverlight | 5.0 | |
| microsoft | skype_for_business | 2016 | |
References
- 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
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
- 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
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.