Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1…

Published 8 y ago 2017-11-15 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.7

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.2%

percentile 82%

Public exploits

none known

Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to run a specially crafted application and obtain information to further compromise the user's system due to the Windows kernel improperly initializing objects in memory, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11831.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	4.7	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	1.9	`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows Kernel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

securityfocus.com /bid/101755 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1039782 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11880 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-11880
NVD: CVE-2017-11880

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