CVE-2017-8623
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service...
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8623- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8623- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17572 No score
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-17572- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-489m-whxp-jmqr
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service...
Windows Hyper-V in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-489m-whxp-jmqr- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2017-8623 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Windows 10, published August 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.52%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.