{"id":"CVE-2017-8682","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8682","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:00.310Z","title":"Windows graphics on Microsoft 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, and 1703, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office…","description":"Windows graphics on Microsoft 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, and 1703, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 , and Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 allows an attacker to execute remote code by the way it handles embedded fonts, aka \"Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability\". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8683.","published":"2017-09-13T01:29:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/office 2007","microsoft/office 2010","microsoft/office word viewer","microsoft/windows 10","microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows 8.1","microsoft/windows rt 8.1","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows server 2016"],"epss":{"score":0.49765,"percentile":0.9889,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.42776,"percentile":0.98694},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.49765,"percentile":0.98843}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-09-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42744,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys' '.TTF' Font Processing Out-of-Bounds Reads/Writes with Malformed 'fpgm' table 'win32k!bGeneratePath' (Denial of Service)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42744","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/42744.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/42744.txt","published":"2017-09-18","added":"2017-09-18","updated":"2017-11-22","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-8682"],"tags":"Out Of Bounds","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1273"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.49765,"from":0.42776,"percentile":0.98843},"summary":"EPSS moved from 42.8% to 49.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100772","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039352","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8682","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42744/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100772","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039352","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8682","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42744/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8682","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."}