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CVE-2017-11801

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11792, CVE-2017-11793, CVE-2017-11796, CVE-2017-11797, CVE-2017-11798, CVE-2017-11799, CVE-2017-11800, 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 ChakraCore: ChakraCore

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101146
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11801
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101146
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11801

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