CVE-2017-8527: Microsoft Lync

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Graphics in 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, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Lync: version 2013 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2007 only; version 2010 only
• Microsoft Silverlight: version 5.0 only
• Microsoft Skype For Business: version 2016 only
• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified

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