CVE-2017-0208 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge when the Chakra scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system, a.k.a. "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: 2017-04-12

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 15.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Edge

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Edge`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-pjpr-2qqp-gprf	ChakraCore information disclosure vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15281.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97460
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038234
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0208

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Edge

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-04-12T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:55:19.170Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0208

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-12T14:59:01.390

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:57:16.420

Link: CVE-2017-0208

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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