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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8658

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

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CVE-2017-8658
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1 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-8658

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Aug 2017, 01:29 UTC

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

osv:CVE-2017-8658
Complete source record
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