CVE-2017-8686

critical

Published 2017-09-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Windows Server DHCP service, aka "Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
windows	-	affected
windows	r2	affected
windows		affected

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686

CWEs

CWE-119

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