CVE-2017-8637 (GCVE-0-2017-8637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-08 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:13
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to bypass Arbitrary Code Guard (ACG) due to how Microsoft Edge accesses memory in code compiled by the Edge Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler, aka "Scripting Engine Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Security Feature Bypass
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3955 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100045 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039095 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Scripting Engine Affected: Microsoft Windows 10 1703.
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Date Public
2017-08-08 00:00
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