CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0037
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability — Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer have a type confusion vulnerability in mshtml.dll, which allows remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-28
- Remediation due
- 2022-04-18
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0037
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2017-02-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-843
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the Layout::MultiColumnBoxBuilder::HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement function in mshtml.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence and crafted JavaScript code that operates on a TH element.
Affected configurations
• microsoft edge
• microsoft internet explorer 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037 US Government Resource