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CVE-2017-8597

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8597 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Version 1703, stemming from how the browser handles objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and network access (AV:N) for an attacker to gain limited confidentiality (C:L) by obtaining information that could aid further system compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it received minimal community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1703CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0567 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Sep/CVE-2017-8597Important

Microsoft Edge based on Edge HTML Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Sep 12, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8597
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100745
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039326
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry