High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-0189
CVE-2017-0189
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0188.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0189nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97420nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239nvd
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