CVE-2017-8740

HOCH 7.5CVE-2017-8740 · Published 13/09/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/100763 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1039342 · Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740 · Patch
exploit-db.com/exploits/42764 · Exploit

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