CVE-2017-8543 is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.
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Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.
Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory.
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1703 |
| Microsoft | Windows Rt 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1607 |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1507 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1511 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 |