Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way that Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8634, CVE-2017-8635, CVE-2017-8636, CVE-2017-8638, CVE-2017-8639, CVE-2017-8641, CVE-2017-8645, CVE-2017-8646, CVE-2017-8647, CVE-2017-8655, CVE-2017-8656, CVE-2017-8657, CVE-2017-8670, CVE-2017-8671, CVE-2017-8672, and CVE-2017-8674.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100051 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039095 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8640 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42476/ |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2017-08-08T00:00:00
Updated: 2017-08-19T09:57:01
Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-8640
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-08T21:29:01.127
Modified: 2017-08-20T01:29:04.110
Link: CVE-2017-8640
JSON object: View
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CWE