Vulnerability CVE-2017-8729


Published: 2017-09-12   Modified: 2017-09-13

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-2017-8738, 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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Microsoft Edge Chakra Incorrect Parse
laginimaineb
24.09.2017

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> EDGE 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100733
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8729
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42763/

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