vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8683: Microsoft Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 12, 2017
Added
Sep 12, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

Windows graphics on 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 attacker to execute remote code by the way it handles embedded fonts, aka "Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8682.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4038781microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4038783microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4038782microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4038788microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4038786microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4038793microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4038782msft-kb4038779-1070c9d0-e91b-4bc4-b7b9-a64dd8e76951msft-kb4038779-1f7d6ab2-b81a-4f48-859a-706a9990c78cmsft-kb4038779-3de7a78a-5b97-4df7-8bf6-36ebe20d3c75msft-kb4038779-530b9069-0208-4eef-add4-da2b473e9ef8msft-kb4038779-bb0be51a-f352-4d5f-b522-7d85d6e18585msft-kb4038779-fcccb9ba-857f-484e-83be-fd0685a31efbmsft-kb4038786-2ac4d3a4-287f-4f33-bb61-b7b81245f55bmsft-kb4038786-793b7e3e-090e-472e-b275-b520b5832a77msft-kb4038793-8c3d7238-564c-4ed3-ae6f-e3d9881f6f5fmsft-kb4038793-d97e9753-f904-44d9-87a2-35cbf248aef4msft-kb4039384-01fdbbba-0a44-4250-947b-23500f80be96msft-kb4039384-2ce7ed93-2244-43ed-afb7-f92c0122c5a8msft-kb4039384-a616b2f4-a421-48cb-ab7c-eeb73f9ec042msft-kb4039384-e2695aa7-d9ac-4fc4-b8c5-8dbb3c972a43
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