CVE-2017-8618

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 58.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 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 Internet Explorer in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8596, CVE-2017-8610, CVE-2017-8601, CVE-2017-8603, CVE-2017-8604, CVE-2017-8605, CVE-2017-8606, CVE-2017-8607, CVE-2017-8608, CVE-2017-8619, CVE-2017-9598 and CVE-2017-8609.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11, 10, 9
Microsoft Corporation Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 17: Internet Explorer

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038848
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8618
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42337/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038848
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8618
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42337/

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