CVE-2017-8531 Information disclosure in Graphics

What is CVE-2017-8531?

CVE-2017-8531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 15 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Graphics 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, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 allows improper disclosure of memory contents, aka "Graphics Uniscribe Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0286, CVE-2017-0287, CVE-2017-0288, CVE-2017-0289, CVE-2017-8532, and CVE-2017-8533.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8531?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-8531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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