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CVE-2017-8591

Published: Aug 8, 2017

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Windows Input Method Editor (IME) in Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Windows IME Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft Corporation

Windows Shell

affected
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016

References

1039097
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
99430
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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