VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8750

HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.96%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

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: 8.96% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/edge
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 9.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100771Third 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-2017-8750Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100771Third 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-2017-8750Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.