CVE-2017-8576
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016...
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-8576- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-8576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17526 No score
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2017-17526- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2c7m-5pjf-cf2m
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016...
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-2c7m-5pjf-cf2m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-665
- 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-2017-8576 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows 10, published June 29, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.