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CVE-2017-8718

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.0% 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-119

Description

The Microsoft JET Database Engine in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to take control of an affected system, due to how it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft JET Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8717.

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

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101162
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039527
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8718
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101162
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039527
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8718

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