CVE-2017-0176
A buffer overflow in Smart Card authentication code in gpkcsp.dll in Microsoft Windows XP through SP3 and Server 2003 through SP2 allows a…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A buffer overflow in Smart Card authentication code in gpkcsp.dll in Microsoft Windows XP through SP3 and Server 2003 through SP2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target computer, provided that the computer is joined in a Windows domain and has Remote Desktop Protocol connectivity (or Terminal Services) enabled.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.8% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- Buffer Overflow
- CWE-120 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-120 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, SP2 Windows XP - SP3
- affected Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, SP2 Windows XP - SP3
References (6)
- 98550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4022747/security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server-2003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98752 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://blog.fortinet.com/2017/05/11/deep-analysis-of-esteemaudit (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/04/14/protecting-customers-and-evaluating-risk/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.0patch.com/2017/06/a-quick-analysis-of-microsofts.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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