CVE-2019-0541
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input, aka "MSHTML Engine Remote Code…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 53.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input, aka "MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Internet Explorer 10, Office 365 ProPlus.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows MSHTML Engine - 'Edit' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46536local, windowspublished 13 Mar 2019Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46536 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 53.2% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (11 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 8.8.
Affected products
- affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- affected 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- affected 2016 (32-bit edition)
- affected 2016 (64-bit edition)
- affected 2019 for 32-bit editions
- affected 2019 for 64-bit editions
Microsoft · Microsoft Office Word Viewer
- affected Microsoft Office Word Viewer
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 9
- affected Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- affected Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11
- affected Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
- affected Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
- affected Windows RT 8.1
- affected Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected Windows Server 2016
- affected Windows Server 2019
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel Viewer
- affected 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 10
- affected Windows Server 2012
- affected 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
- affected 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
References
4
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0541 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46536 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 106402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0541 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-1313 (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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