CWE
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Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2017-8536: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri May 26 2017(Updated: )

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-2017-8537, CVE-2017-8539, and CVE-2017-8542.

Credit: secure@microsoft.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Microsoft Windows Defender
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10=1511
Microsoft Windows 10=1607
Microsoft Windows 10=1703
Microsoft Windows 7=sp1
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Endpoint Protection
Microsoft Exchange Server=2013
Microsoft Exchange Server=2016
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection=2010
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection
Microsoft Windows Intune Endpoint Protection

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