CVE-2017-0037
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Feb 26, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 9, 2016
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Internet BrowserMicrosoft Corporation |
|
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html
- 96088vdb-entry
- 41454exploit
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037
- 43125exploit
- 1037905vdb-entry
- 42354exploit
- 1037906vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037government-resource
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