Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 and R2 al…

published 2017-06-15 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-17497

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.1%; EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 and R2 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8519.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8547 advisory

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Exploit prediction

6.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.6	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8547
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/98932
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-8547
NVD CVE-2017-8547

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