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CVE-2017-0037

CVE-2017-0037HIGH

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  H  H  H    8.1   .8039   99.6   YES

AFFECTED
  Product           Versions                                Fixed
  Internet Browser  Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge –  —

TIMELINE
  Sep 9   Reserved by microsoft
  Feb 26  Published (CNA: microsoft)
  Mar 28  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-18

CWE-843 · CNA: microsoft · CVSS v3.1 · 10 references · KEV due April 18, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 9, 2016	Reserved	Reserved by microsoft
February 26, 2017	Published	Published (CNA: microsoft)
March 28, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-18

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Microsoft Corporation	Internet Browser	—	Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge	—

Weaknesses

CWE-843

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037 [government-resource]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]

Authoritative record: CVE-2017-0037 at cve.org

Vendors: microsoft

Weaknesses: CWE-843

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