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CVE-2017-0296 — Microsoft Windows 10 security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to elevate privilege when tdx.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows TDX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.0)
Published
2017-06-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Affected products

  • microsoft / windows_10
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1511
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1607
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1703
  • microsoft / windows_7
  • microsoft / windows_8.1

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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