CVE-2017-8685

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8685
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-13 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-13 17:43:00 UTC
DescriptionWindows GDI+ on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows information disclosure by the way it discloses kernel memory addresses, aka "Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8684 and CVE-2017-8688.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows GDI+ CVE-2017-8685 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k!NtGdiEngCreatePalette' Stack Memory Disclosure - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Windows GDI+ Object Memory Handling Errors Lets Local Users Obtain Kernel Memory Address Information on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
{{windowTitle}} CONFIRM portal.msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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