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.
| 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.