CVE-2017-0037

high

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.

References

Exploits
More

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011

https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-26

Updated: 2025-04-20

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.87516