Windows Kernel stack memory disclosure in win32k!NtGdiGetTextMetricsW(CVE-2017-8472)

We have discovered that it is possible to disclose portions of uninitialized kernel stack memory to user-mode applications in Windows 7 other systems untested through the win32k!NtGdiGetTextMetricsW system call. The output structure used by the syscall, according to various sources, is TMWINTERNA...

Microsoft Windows - 'win32k!NtGdiGetTextMetricsW' Kernel Stack Memory Disclosure

/ Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1180 We have discovered that it is possible to disclose portions of uninitialized kernel stack memory to user-mode applications in Windows 7 other systems untested through the win32k!NtGdiGetTextMetricsW system call. The output...