CVE-2017-8692
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,...
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8692- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-8692- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17639 No score
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-17639- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mr4-5xch-qrcv
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,...
The Windows Uniscribe component on Microsoft 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 remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-6mr4-5xch-qrcv- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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-2017-8692 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 10, published September 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.