CVE-2017-0037

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.804 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

80.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.6 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-28remediate by 2022-04-18

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 10

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USprimaryCWE-704US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-41454Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer - 'HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement' Type Confusionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-43125Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7 x86) - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007)functional · exploit_db
EDB-42354Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007)PoC · exploit_db
chattopadhyaykittu/CVE-2017-0037chattopadhyaykittu/CVE-2017-0037PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Corporation Internet Browser≤ Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edgeenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Edgeall versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft edgeall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-02-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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