CVE-2017-0037
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Public exploit
3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
- 41454 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 42354 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 80.4% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Internet Browser
- affected Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge
References (10)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 96088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41454 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1037905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42354 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1037906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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