CVE-2017-8517

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engines fail to render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft browsers, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8522 and CVE-2017-8524.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 15, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-8517: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix