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CVE-2017-20190

DiscoveredMar 27, 2024UpdatedApr 15, 2026

Some Microsoft technologies as used in Windows 8 through 11 allow a temporary client-side performance degradation during processing of multiple Unicode combining characters, aka a "Zalgo text" attack. NOTE: third parties dispute whether the computational cost of interpreting Unicode data should be considered a vulnerability.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
0.26%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
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Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Mar 27, 2024
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 15, 2026