CVE-2017-0283 in the critical feed json
Uniscribe in 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 Go…
published 2017-06-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0639
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 39.0%
- EPSS 39.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Uniscribe in 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, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1, Skype for Business 2016, Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Microsoft Windows allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8528.
Patch / fix
Timeline
- Published
- First public exploit (EDB-42234)
Exploit prediction
39.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-42234 Microsoft Windows - 'USP10!MergeLigRecords' Uniscribe Font Processing Heap Memory Corruption dos, 2017-06-23
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Microsoft Corporation Uniscribe
References
-
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/42234/
exploit
-
securitytracker.com
/id/1038675
vdb-entry
- bugs.chromium.org /p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/98920
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
- 0patch.blogspot.com /2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-0283
- NVD CVE-2017-0283
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