CVE-2017-8686

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Windows Server DHCP service, aka "Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100730Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8686Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 13, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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