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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8641: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8641: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/08/2017
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, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way that Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8634, CVE-2017-8635, CVE-2017-8636, CVE-2017-8638, CVE-2017-8639, CVE-2017-8640, CVE-2017-8645, CVE-2017-8646, CVE-2017-8647, CVE-2017-8655, CVE-2017-8656, CVE-2017-8657, CVE-2017-8670, CVE-2017-8671, CVE-2017-8672, and CVE-2017-8674.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4034668
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4034660
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4034658
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4034674
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4034658
  • msft-kb4034733-8c272078-f64c-4edf-b7c0-6a5b67966ff7
  • msft-kb4034733-fd12f5e4-8a8d-4183-a268-c1faa6ad5bb3

References

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