CVE-2017-9948
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36...
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 before 7.37, involving MSFTEDIT.DLL mishandling of remote RDP clipboard content within the message box.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 before 7.37, involving MSFTEDIT.DLL mishandling of remote RDP clipboard content within the message box.
- Record
CVE-2017-9948- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 before 7.37, involving MSFTEDIT.DLL mishandling of remote RDP clipboard content within the message box.
- Record
CVE-2017-9948- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18858 No score
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 before 7.37, involving MSFTEDIT.DLL mishandling of remote RDP clipboard content within the message box.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18858- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwvf-ppqq-h9cm
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36...
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Skype 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 before 7.37, involving MSFTEDIT.DLL mishandling of remote RDP clipboard content within the message box.
- Record
GHSA-rwvf-ppqq-h9cm- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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-2017-9948 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Skype, published June 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.43%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/99281
vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2071
vulnerability-db.com?q=articles/2017/05/28/stack-buffer-overflow-zero-day-vulnerability-uncovered-microsoft-skype-v72-v735
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9948
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwvf-ppqq-h9cm