CVE-2017-8541

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 memory corruption. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8538 and CVE-2017-8540.

Affected products

Malware Protection Engine, Outlook Web App, Forefront Security, Windows Defender

Microsoft Forefront Security

All versions

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

≤ 1.1.13704.0

Microsoft Windows Defender

All versions

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

9.3 HIGH

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

42.9% (99th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-119

NVD status

Modified

Published

2017-05-26