CVE-2017-8738

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Edge: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100759
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8738
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100759
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8738

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