High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8748
CVE-2017-8748
Description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content when handling 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-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Microsoft Corporation/Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edgev5Range: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016.
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8748nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100766nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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