Windows DHCP Server Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CVE-2017-8686 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The Windows Server DHCP service in Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to either run arbitrary code on the DHCP failover server or cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive, due to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Windows Server DHCP service, aka "Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

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