CVE-2017-8691

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

19.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

2024-09-16 16:58Z2 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

ffe3e5f25f8f3ee754d0f82c759e59de553261ea7d6fbc9583d0129f6417054b

• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8691x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com100090http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100090vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-142x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1039096http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039096vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK