How severe is CVE-2017-0037?

CVE-2017-0037 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 80.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-28

Remediation due

2022-04-18

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0037

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.1 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft Corporation	Internet Browser	Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge

References

9 Links

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Record Details

Published

2017-02-26

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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