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Case File

CVE-2017-8691

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 19.77% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2017-8691
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
19.77%
Windows

Original Filing — NVD Description

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allow an attacker to execute code remotely on a target system when the Windows font library fails to properly handle specially crafted embedded fonts, aka "Express Compressed Fonts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."