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CVE-2017-8520
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the Edge JavaScript…
High7.5EPSS 8.6%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the Edge JavaScript scripting engine fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8499, CVE-2017-8521, CVE-2017-8548, and CVE-2017-8549.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Edge
- affected Microsoft Windows 10 1703.
References (3)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8520 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 98924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .