CVE-2017-11838Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
27.6%
top 3.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as 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-20

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

20
GHSA
GHSA-f92j-xcf9-hq3p: ChakraCore, and Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an at2022-05-17
GHSA
GHSA-wqcq-mggq-ggvw: ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 82022-05-17
GHSA
Chakra Core vulnerable to privilege escalation due to type confusion2022-05-17
GHSA
GHSA-w6f6-8p4j-54vr: ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 82022-05-17
GHSA
GHSA-jx2p-r863-cg3f: ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 82022-05-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability2017-11-14

🕵️Threat Intelligence

4
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - November 20172017-11-14
Qualys
November Patch Tuesday: 53 Vulnerabilities and a Massive Adobe Update2017-11-14
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - November 20172017-11-14
Qualys
November Patch Tuesday: 53 Vulnerabilities and a Massive Adobe Update | Qualys2017-11-14