CVE-2017-8608: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Jul 11 2017(Updated: )

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2, 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 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-2017-8598, CVE-2017-8596, CVE-2017-8610, CVE-2017-8601, CVE-2017-8618, CVE-2017-8619, CVE-2017-8603, CVE-2017-8604, CVE-2017-8605, CVE-2017-8595, CVE-2017-8606, CVE-2017-8607, and CVE-2017-8609

Credit: secure@microsoft.com

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