⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.
CVE-2017-8598 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer27 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
20.5%
top 4.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateMay 17
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft 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 engine fails to render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8596, CVE-2017-8610, CVE-2017-8618, CVE-2017-8619, CVE-2017-8595, CVE-2017-8601, CVE-2017-8603, CVE-2017-8604, CVE-2017-8605, CVE-2017-8606, CVE…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
13GHSA▶
GHSA-rjg5-575r-97gj: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-rqph-98jh-44jj: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-c7p5-rv5p-9269: Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-4qvm-w3wh-988p: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-5x54-p5x9-xmvr: Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8↗2022-05-17