CVE-2017-8740
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the...
- Published
- Sep 13, 2017
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Sep 21, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8649, CVE-2017-8660, CVE-2017-8729, CVE-2017-8738, CVE-2017-8740, CVE-2017-8741, CVE-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.
Sources
1Google Security Research · windows · Sep 21, 2017
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