CVE-2017-8749

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.8% 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

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, 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, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that Internet Explorer accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8747.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 10, 11

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100770
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039328
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8749
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100770
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039328
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8749

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