CVE-2017-11771: Microsoft Windows 10

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 51.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft Windows Search component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, 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 a remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle DNS responses, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: any version

Published 2017-10-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.