CVE-2019-0676
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 23 May 2022
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could test for the presence of files on disk, aka 'Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
- Added
- 23 May 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 13 Jun 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 23 May 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 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 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11
- affected Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected Windows Server 2008 R2 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 Server 2012 R2
- affected Windows RT 8.1
- affected Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows Server 2016
- 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 x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows Server 2019
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 10
- affected Windows Server 2012
References
References3
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0676 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 106886 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0676 (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-2019-1436 (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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