CVE-2017-8740

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles 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.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Sep 13, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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