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CVE-2017-11901

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11903, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11916, CVE-2017-11918, and CVE-2017-11930.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11, 10
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102046
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039991
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11901
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102046
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039991
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11901

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