High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 13, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8740
CVE-2017-8740
Description
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8649, CVE-2017-8660, CVE-2017-8729, CVE-2017-8738, CVE-2017-8740, CVE-2017-8741, CVE-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.
Affected products
2- Microsoft Corporation/Microsoft Edgev5Range: Microsoft Windows 10 1703
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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