CVE-2017-11856Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Internet Explorer

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
20.8%
top 4.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, 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 Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11855.

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

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5microsoft_corporation/internet_explorerMicrosoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709.

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m96c-6wph-7qmm: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 82022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2017-11856: Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 82017-11-15

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability2017-11-14

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research November 2017 Disclosures2017-11-22
CVE-2017-11856 — HIGH severity | cvebase