CVE-2017-8652 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Edge affecting Windows 10 (Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703) and Windows Server 2016, stemming from how Edge handles objects in memory. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, to disclose sensitive information. While not actively exploited in the wild, a public exploit for memory disclosure via 'textarea.defaultValue' exists on ExploitDB, and it has received some community and media attention.
| 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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.