CVE-2017-8640

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

69.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-08-08 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 02:05Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-05-03

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

396fef1905cacfcec248177f3d4c33222dbff85bd1b5139ef68f07a0b6ef4aa6

• www.securityfocus.com100051http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100051vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8640x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com42476https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42476/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1039095http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039095vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK