Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in 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 the Microsoft browser JavaScript engines render content when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8649, CVE-2017-8660, CVE-2017-8729, CVE-2017-8738, CVE-2017-8740, CVE-2017-8741, CVE-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8755, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039343
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8741
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-09-13
Updated: 2017-09-19
Type: CWE-119
Base Score: 7.6
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 4.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.6
Severity: HIGH