CVE-2017-8595 is a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine improperly handles objects in memory. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), exploitation requires user interaction and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.