CVE-2017-8738 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Microsoft Edge
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer33 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
NVD7.5
EPSS
20.5%
top 4.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 13
Latest updateMay 17
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.
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
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GHSA-cc45-4qw6-jc3c: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-7jr2-g9j6-qc7j: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-cgcc-2gx3-65mj: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-2f6x-gfvg-4xxv: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the cu↗2022-05-17
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GHSA-mx7p-v6cw-2c3r: Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of↗2022-05-17