VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8748

HIGH 7.5EPSS 11.8%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content when handling 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-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 11.77% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: microsoft/edge · microsoft/internet explorer
Source: secure@microsoft.com

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100766Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8748Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100766Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8748Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.