CVE-2017-8691

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 8, 2017
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: May 3, 2017

Description

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allow an attacker to execute code remotely on a target system when the Windows font library fails to properly handle specially crafted embedded fonts, aka "Express Compressed Fonts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows Kernel-Mode DriversMicrosoft Corporation	Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1Affected

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8691
100090vdb-entry
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-142
1039096vdb-entry

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