CVE•Published 2017-03-17•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2017-0072Microsoft · Windows_7

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Description

Uniscribe in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0083, CVE-2017-0084, CVE-2017-0086, CVE-2017-0087, CVE-2017-0088, CVE-2017-0089, and CVE-2017-0090.

Timeline

Published 2017-03-17

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2017-0072

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Windows 7"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows 7.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2017-0072

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-0072