CVE-2017-11832 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine, affecting Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to potentially read sensitive data due to how the engine parses specially crafted embedded fonts, requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable. While community discussion and media coverage are minimal, Microsoft addressed this flaw in a November Patch Tuesday update.
| 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_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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