CVE-2017-8521: microsoft corporation microsoft edge

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8521 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft edge. EPSS estimates a 6.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-06-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the Edge JavaScript scripting engine fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8499, CVE-2017-8520, CVE-2017-8548, and CVE-2017-8549.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.