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CVE-2017-8594
Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in…
High7.5EPSS 50.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
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)
- 50.4% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (4 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)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected Internet Explorer
References (3)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8594 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 42336 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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)
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