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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8524: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8524: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/13/2017
Modified
08/07/2024

Description

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engines fail to render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft browsers, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8517 and CVE-2017-8522.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4022727
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4022714
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4022715
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4022725
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4022715
  • msft-kb4021558-052612b1-6157-4bc2-9758-168f1d9bc180
  • msft-kb4021558-1a20690c-eccc-4617-83f1-ee5aa6a920ad
  • msft-kb4021558-1aaafb63-2605-451a-9ea1-3274f3a8ab91
  • msft-kb4021558-49b70cad-8a12-4b50-807a-eb9021fde6ff
  • msft-kb4021558-4e594417-8f87-44f1-89e3-845486ffff5a
  • msft-kb4021558-83c37d81-0a45-4c57-a620-72b72221b7f1
  • msft-kb4021558-a196ec51-acf8-407b-b0e9-8208dd862afd
  • msft-kb4021558-c16c3d79-7725-4636-bf50-51bc1a57b50a
  • msft-kb4021558-ca61d9f1-ebe8-446e-980f-95d27a2a645e
  • msft-kb4021558-d453e981-b1c2-496a-ab5e-6e7e3a59f27a
  • msft-kb4021558-d50a684b-0a9c-4a5d-9aaa-9cae1f829a4b
  • msft-kb4021558-e0d58961-72a0-46f4-95e7-723285ee8a78
  • msft-kb4021558-f5038763-21d3-48a4-9250-9eaf09e06c24
  • msft-kb4021558-ff0ae28e-4700-48c8-b867-4de5a2e9f4e6

References

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