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CVE-2017-0037: Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28
• EPSS: 80.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11
• Microsoft Corporation Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906
• https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906

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