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CVE-2017-8651

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8651 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer affecting Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2012. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.5), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is indicated, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0571 is in the 59th 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 (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Server 2012
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10555-10378
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-9312
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10336-9318
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Aug/CVE-2017-8651Moderate

Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8651
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100058
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry