CVE-2017-8704

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Published 2017-09-13 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.3

Description

The Windows Hyper-V component on Microsoft Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system, aka "Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
53%
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 windows1607affected
windows windowsaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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