CVE-2017-8749

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
20.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% 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: September 13, 2017 (3166 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that Internet Explorer accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8747.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

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