CVE-2017-8714

high
Published 2017-09-13 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The Windows Hyper-V component on Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,, Windows 10 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system, aka "Remote Desktop Virtual Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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
windows windows-affected
windows windowsr2affected

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.