{"id":"CVE-2017-8686","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8686","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:41:19.028Z","title":"The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption…","description":"The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Windows Server DHCP service, aka \"Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability\".","published":"2017-09-13T01:29:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows server 2016"],"epss":{"score":0.27499,"percentile":0.98063,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.25251,"percentile":0.9789},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.27499,"percentile":0.97983}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8686","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."}