CVE-2017-8539

MEDIUM

Microsoft Forefront Security < 1.1.13704.0 - Divide By Zero

Title source: rule

Description

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-2017-8536, CVE-2017-8537, and CVE-2017-8542.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.1918
EPSS Percentile 95.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-674 CWE-369 CWE-476
Status draft

Affected Products (3)

microsoft/forefront_security
microsoft/malware_protection_engine < 1.1.13704.0
microsoft/windows_defender

Timeline

Published May 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026