{"id":"CVE-2017-11788","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11788","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:13:03.424Z","title":"Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker…","description":"Windows Search in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows server, version 1709 allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely send specially crafted messages that could cause a denial of service against the system due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka \"Windows Search Denial of Service Vulnerability\".","published":"2017-11-15T03:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:02:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10","microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows 8.1","microsoft/windows rt 8.1","microsoft/windows server","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows server 2016"],"epss":{"score":0.07929,"percentile":0.94701,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.1211,"percentile":0.9602},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.07929,"percentile":0.94467}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.1211,"from":0.07929,"percentile":0.9602},"summary":"EPSS moved from 7.9% to 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101711","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039792","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11788","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101711","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039792","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11788","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11788","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}