CVE-2017-8688

lowpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.66% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Windows GDI+ on Microsoft 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016, 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-2017-8685.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimary

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Corporation Windows GDI+≤ Microsoft 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016enisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 10all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 10= 1511nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 10= 1607nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 10= 1703nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 7all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 8.1all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows rt 8.1all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2012= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2016all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2017-09-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8688 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100756 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039338 enisa_euvd
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8688 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100756Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039338Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8688PatchVendor Advisorynvd

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