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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8556: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 11, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

Graphics in Microsoft 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8573 and CVE-2017-8574.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4025338microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4025344microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4025339microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4025342microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4025343microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4025333microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4025336microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4025339msft-kb4025333-2884a1b4-f534-42b7-b4e9-6b07e48912f2msft-kb4025333-9787a4fc-d69c-4bf5-92bf-7ee510368696msft-kb4025337-27fce932-7817-4fdb-965f-19eb36d78839msft-kb4025337-6c36dd1f-0240-48fa-9696-3fcf17a57a62msft-kb4025337-794feee1-ea78-4c11-a683-a91335abb0e3msft-kb4025337-856a0bc5-b356-4282-a54e-9cf87b548303msft-kb4025337-85fadee5-ed6f-4a22-964a-9b2991c4cff1msft-kb4025337-c15b95d8-875f-4922-9460-08ece3c9b584msft-kb4025343-3a348a0c-2982-4ee6-b51b-6e4644a6c888msft-kb4025343-878d370a-a48a-4f91-b0fc-a0dfd69e30abmsft-kb4025877-0be0568b-3a50-4c8c-aec5-2563f2656a3bmsft-kb4025877-39ccb800-9139-42c3-8baf-3d901f2357b6msft-kb4025877-39fd575f-2abb-4660-83c1-c210489c79d0msft-kb4025877-b7e59e89-48b2-4f33-8684-337abf78ac77

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