CVE-2017-0283 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 39% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 39.02% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-06-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (11)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | lync |
| microsoft | office |
| microsoft | office word viewer |
| microsoft | silverlight |
| microsoft | skype for business |
| microsoft | windows 10 |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows server 2016 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows - 'USP10!MergeLigRecords' Uniscribe Font Processing Heap Memory Corruption | 2017-06-23 |
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/
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