CVE-2017-8741

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.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100764Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8741Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100764Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8741Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Sep 13, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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