CVE-2017-8696

high
Published 2017-09-13 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Windows Uniscribe in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; Office for Mac 2011 and 2016; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; and Live Meeting 2007 Add-in and Console allows an attacker to execute code remotely via a specially crafted website or a specially crafted document or email attachment, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Remote Code Execution."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
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 windows-affected
windows windowsr2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftlive_meeting2007
windows microsoftlync2010
windows microsoftlync2013
windows microsoftoffice_2007-
windows microsoftoffice_2010
windows microsoftoffice_web_apps2010
windows microsoftoffice_word_viewer-
windows microsoftskype_for_business2016

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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