CVE-2017-11842: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows kernel in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to log in and run a specially crafted application due to the Windows kernel improperly initializing a memory address, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11849, CVE-2017-11851, and CVE-2017-11853.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server: version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.