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CVE-2017-8751

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CVE-2017-8751 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 (version 1703) that allows 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 network-based attack requiring user interaction and high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-43151), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including being addressed in a Microsoft Patch Tuesday.

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
50.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43151 · Nov 16, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5037 is in the 94th 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
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10951
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10952
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Sep/CVE-2017-8751Critical

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Sep 12, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8751
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43151
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039326
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry