CVE-2017-8540
CWE-787
91.5
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8538 and CVE-2017-8541.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 71.87%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Mar 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Published
- 26 May 2017
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time