CVE-2017-0083 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Uniscribe, a text rendering engine in Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into visiting a crafted website. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, suggesting public exploit code availability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.