CVE-2017-8716HighCVSS 4.9

Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
September 12, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows Control Flow Guard mishandles objects in memory. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application to bypass Control Flow Guard. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Control Flow Guard handles objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products2

  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems

✅ Remediation

KB4038788 (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)