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CVE-2017-8674

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8674 is a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 1703, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction and has high attack complexity. While it has a high EPSS score suggesting exploitability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention despite its severity.

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
8.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0889 is in the 69th 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
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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-2017-8674Critical

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8674
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100081
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039095
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry