CVE-2017-8749Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Internet Explorer

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
20.5%
top 4.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 13
Latest updateMay 17

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.

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 Packages2 packages

CVEListV5microsoft_corporation/internet_explorerMicrosoft 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.

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w9q6-h43c-q4g5: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 82022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-8749: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 82017-09-13

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2017-09-12

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research September and October 2017 Disclosures2017-10-11
Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research September and October 2017 Disclosures2017-10-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8749 camel-jackson, camel-jacksonxml: Unmarshalling operation are vulnerable to RCE2017-02-09
CVE-2017-8749 — HIGH severity | cvebase