CVE-2017-8740

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

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3