CVE-2017-8588: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 17.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft WordPad 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 parses specially crafted files, aka "WordPad 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: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: any version

Published 2017-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.