Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2017-8647

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8647 is a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 version 1703, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires user interaction and a high attack complexity, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, its EPSS score indicates a higher than average probability of exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention despite its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0864 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Aug/CVE-2017-8647Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8647
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100054
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039095
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry