CVE-2017-8640 is a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-42476), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention despite no known active exploitation.
| 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.