Windows kernel in Microsoft 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 due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-8561

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-r55r-28g8-8h44

Published

May 13, 2022 1:30 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:30 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 31, 2025 6:33 AM

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