Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption (CVE-2017-8740)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-1617
Date Published: 9 Mar 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 09 March, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-8740
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption (CVE-2017-8740) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption (CVE-2017-8740)

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