CVE-2017-8521

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
15.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 15, 2017 (3256 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft edge

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com