CVE-2017-8659
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user's system due to the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 6.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user's system due to the Chakra scripting engine not properly handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability".
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months 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 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.0% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Scripting Engine
- affected Microsoft Windows 10 1703.
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- NuGetMicrosoft.ChakraCoreGHSA-h6m7-jphx-f9p5 (opens in a new tab)
References
3
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 100029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-4086 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h6m7-jphx-f9p5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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