CVE-2017-8738 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Microsoft Edge scripting engine, affecting Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While no public exploit code is available via Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating its relevance.
| 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.