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high 7.5

CVE-2017-8601 in the critical feed json

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in t…

published 2017-07-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17550

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
66.9%
EPSS 66.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine fails to render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8596, CVE-2017-8610, CVE-2017-8618, CVE-2017-8619, CVE-2017-8603, CVE-2017-8604, CVE-2017-8605, CVE-2017-8606, CVE-2017-8607, CVE-2017-8608, CVE-2017-8598 and CVE-2017-8609.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42479)

Exploit prediction

66.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42479 Microsoft Edge 40.15063.0.0 Chakra - Incorrect JIT Optimization with TypedArray Setter #3 dos, 2017-08-17

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

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.