CVE-2017-8759

What is affected

Vendor	Microsoft
Product	.NET Framework
Weakness	CWE-20

The vulnerability

Microsoft .NET Framework contains a remote code execution vulnerability when processing untrusted input that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 3 May 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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