CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-11855
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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-119
Description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11856.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 11
• microsoft internet explorer 10
• microsoft internet explorer 9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101751 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11855 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43371/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101751 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11855 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43371/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry