vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-11831: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 14, 2017
Added
Nov 14, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to log on to an affected system, and run a specially crafted application that can compromise the user's system due to how the Windows kernel initializes memory, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11880.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4048956microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4048952microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4048953microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4048954microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4048955microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4048962microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4048961microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4048953msft-kb4046184-0771e25b-df8d-438a-b2f4-4a40b7f2969bmsft-kb4046184-16b34e68-a3b5-4121-adb0-e883f5d3e5f4msft-kb4046184-fcebdce9-ad14-4f82-8f93-51df931a6c85msft-kb4048960-0e39ae66-e833-4115-84bb-3e1abfdbdaa0msft-kb4048960-0f7eb0d4-8433-4d8c-844c-cbcd76ccab73msft-kb4048960-5940a0cf-4224-4585-8b88-6d92d8bb22ffmsft-kb4048960-a29935ba-b02b-4fdd-8e82-351b8da320a2msft-kb4048960-c3c3069e-04a3-4ea3-acd5-270c4d57f1b1msft-kb4048960-ed668542-7b31-4088-84ae-13a65e210771msft-kb4048961-385862b6-9fab-4263-bd3c-ec04702df06dmsft-kb4048961-4acd2a3c-081a-4e7b-ba98-8dc3abb2ff6fmsft-kb4048962-7c18e258-f9d5-4cbe-bea3-432e81c05244msft-kb4048962-ecdbbdb4-fb11-4379-8e5c-029ec80149cc
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