CVE-2017-8552: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 8 allows an elevation of privilege when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2017-0263.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

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