CVE-2017-11788
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1,...
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-11788- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-11788- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3396 No score
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-3396- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59f6-jgp4-8r4h
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1,...
Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-59f6-jgp4-8r4h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-11788 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 10, published November 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.93%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.