CVE-2017-8740

CVSS V2 High 7.6 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 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-2017-8738, 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8740
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-13T01:29:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-05-03T12:27:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.6
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8740
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8740
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:53:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:54:25 2017-09-13T01:29Z 2017-09-13T01:29:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:54:25 2019-05-03T12:27:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:54:25 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated