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CVE-2017-0296

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1,...

7.8 High

CVE-2017-0296 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10, published June 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.31%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.8 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.31%EPSS, 71st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.31%Down 5.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.8

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Record
CVE-2017-0296
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Record
CVE-2017-0296
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0652No score

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Record
EUVD-2017-0652
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7969-wgqw-hhgv7.8

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1,...

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Record
GHSA-7969-wgqw-hhgv
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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References

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