CVE-2017-8738

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and Windows Server 2016 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-2017-8740, CVE-2017-8741, CVE-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.

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

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft EdgeMicrosoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and Windows Server 2016.

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 13, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-8738: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix