CVE-2017-8686

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Windows Server DHCP service, aka "Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686

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