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CVE-2017-11799

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 63.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11792, CVE-2017-11793, CVE-2017-11796, CVE-2017-11797, CVE-2017-11798, CVE-2017-11800, CVE-2017-11801, CVE-2017-11802, CVE-2017-11804, CVE-2017-11805, CVE-2017-11806, CVE-2017-11807, CVE-2017-11808, CVE-2017-11809, CVE-2017-11810, CVE-2017-11811, CVE-2017-11812, and CVE-2017-11821.

Affected products

• Microsoft ChakraCore: through 1.7.2
• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Edge: ChakraCore and Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101126
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039529
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11799
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42998/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101126
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039529
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11799
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42998/

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