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CVE-2017-8670

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8670 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, allowing arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), exploitation requires user interaction and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 indicate a significant threat. Community discussion and media coverage further highlight its importance, despite no known active exploitation.

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
68.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42477 · Aug 17, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6873 is in the 97th 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 (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10852
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10853
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10816
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Aug/CVE-2017-8670Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8670
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42477
securityfocus.com / bid/100070
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039094
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039095
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry