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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8496: Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8496: Microsoft Edge 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
06/10/2024

Description

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8497.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4022715
  • msft-kb4022715-8436b0ac-13c3-4047-9c60-e1fdba6cf918

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