{"id":"CVE-2017-0028","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-0028","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:19:19.341Z","title":"A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft scripting engine improperly accesses objects in memory.","description":"A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft scripting engine improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user, aka \"Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability.\"","published":"2017-07-17T13:18:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/edge"],"epss":{"score":0.18938,"percentile":0.97284,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.17497,"percentile":0.97057},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.18938,"percentile":0.97172}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/commit/402f3d967c0a905ec5b9ca9c240783d3f2c15724","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/commit/402f3d967c0a905ec5b9ca9c240783d3f2c15724","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0028","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}