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CVE-2017-8608

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2, 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 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-2017-8598, CVE-2017-8596, CVE-2017-8610, CVE-2017-8601, CVE-2017-8618, CVE-2017-8619, CVE-2017-8603, CVE-2017-8604, CVE-2017-8605, CVE-2017-8595, CVE-2017-8606, CVE-2017-8607, and CVE-2017-8609

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 9, 10, 11
• Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, a: Microsoft browsers

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99412
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038848
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038849
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8608
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99412
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038848
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038849
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8608

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