VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-0037
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability80.39%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2017-02-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Edge and Internet Explorer
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry