CVE-2017-8704 describes a denial of service vulnerability in the Hyper-V component of Microsoft Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016. An authenticated user on a guest operating system can trigger this by providing improperly validated input, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1607CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.