⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-05-24. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-06-14. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2017-0149Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Internet Explorer

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
NVD7.5CNA7.5
EPSS
41.5%
top 2.59%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-05-24
Due 2022-06-14
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedMar 17
KEV addedMay 24
KEV dueJun 14
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0018 and CVE-2017-0037.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5microsoft_corporation/internet_explorerInternet Explorer 10 and 11, Internet Explorer 9 through 11+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-8xx2-2w6g-2ff2: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted2022-05-17
GHSA
GHSA-xqqj-2hmg-wc6r: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a craft2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-0018: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted2017-03-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-0149: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a craft2017-03-17
VulnCheck
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2017

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2022-05-24
Microsoft
Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability2017-03-14

🕵️Threat Intelligence

9
Trendmicro
March 2017 Patch Tuesday: 18 Security Bulletins2017-03-15
Trendmicro
March 2017 Patch Tuesday: 18 Security Bulletins2017-03-15
Trendmicro
March 2017 Patch Tuesday: 18 Security Bulletins2017-03-15
Trendmicro
March 2017 Patch Tuesday: 18 Security Bulletins2017-03-15
Trendmicro
March 2017 Patch Tuesday: 18 Security Bulletins2017-03-15
CVE-2017-0149 — HIGH severity | cvebase