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.

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-03-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:40.255Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8540

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:41:23.431Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-26T20:29:00.427

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:16:11.893

Link: CVE-2017-8540

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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