PT-2017-18459 · Microsoft · Edge

Liu Long · Published 2017-08-08 · Updated 2017-08-15 · CVE-2017-8662

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the validation of strings in specific scenarios, potentially allowing an attacker to read sensitive data from memory. This could facilitate bypassing Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). While it does not enable arbitrary code execution on its own, it could be used in combination with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to achieve arbitrary code execution on a target system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8662

Affected Products

Edge

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8662 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8662 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8662 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039101 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100031 · Note