CVE-2017-8536: Microsoft Endpoint Protection

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 16.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender 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, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016, does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to denial of service. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8535, CVE-2017-8537, CVE-2017-8539, and CVE-2017-8542.

Affected products

• Microsoft Endpoint Protection: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Exchange Server: version 2013 only; version 2016 only
• Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection: affected versions not specified; version 2010 only
• Microsoft Security Essentials: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Defender: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Intune Endpoint Protection: any version

Published 2017-05-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.