CVE-2017-8656CriticalMicrosoft CVSS 4.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2017-8656 — Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows

Published
August 8, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-8656 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products5

  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 2 KB articles

2 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
KB4034674Security Update—
KB4034658Security Update—

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2017-8656

EchelonGraph score
8.6 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way that Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content 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-2017-8641, CVE-2017-8645, CVE-2017-8646, CVE-2017-8647, CVE-2017-8655, CVE-2017-8657, CVE-2017-8670, CVE-2017-8671, CVE-2017-8672, and CVE-2017-8674.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2017-8656, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (3)