CVE-2017-0283
Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1, Skype for Business 2016, Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Microsoft Windows allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8528.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 39.02% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/lync · microsoft/office · microsoft/office word viewer · microsoft/silverlight · microsoft/skype for business · microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 36.9% on 21 September 2026 to 39.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.