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CVE-2017-11816

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (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 an information disclosure vulnerability in the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 1511, 1607, 1703
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: all versions
• Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (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 2016

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101094
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039536
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11816
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101094
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039536
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11816

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