CVE-2017-8472

lowpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

3.42% (89th) EPSS

CVSS 1.9 · low

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012 allow an authenticated attacker to run a specially crafted application when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8470, CVE-2017-8471, CVE-2017-8473, CVE-2017-8475, CVE-2017-8477, and CVE-2017-8484.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–5

v2.01.9lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 2.9

v3.05mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 3.6

v3.04.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-42225Microsoft Windows - 'win32k!NtGdiGetTextMetricsW' Kernel Stack Memory Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows≤ Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012.enisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 7all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2012all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-06-15modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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