CVE-2017-8548
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to obtain information to…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user's system when Microsoft Edge improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8499, CVE-2017-8520, CVE-2017-8521, and CVE-2017-8549.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 42473 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.6% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Edge
- affected Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016.
References (4)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8548 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 98954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 42473 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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