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Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 15, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2017-0283

GHSA ID

GHSA-p5wr-7q8g-2cfw

Source code

No known source code

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