CVE-2017-8540

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8540

Remediation deadline: March 24, 2022

Description

The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender 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, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016, does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Timeline

Published:March 3rd, 2022 12:00 AM

Last modified:March 3rd, 2022 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:March 3rd, 2022

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Microsoft

Products

Malware Protection Engine

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute