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    CVE-2017-20190

    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.

    Published:Mar 26, 2024
    Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
    EPS:Mar 26, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00096
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    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows

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