CVE-2017-8642: Microsoft Edge

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to elevate privileges due to the way that Microsoft Edge validates JavaScript under specific conditions, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8503.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: any version

Published 2017-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.