Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R…

Published 9 y ago 2017-09-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

11.9%

percentile 96%

Public exploits

none known

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge 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-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.6	`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

securityfocus.com /bid/100764 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1039342 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8741 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1039343 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-8741
NVD: CVE-2017-8741

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