Memory corruption in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2017-0228

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Memory corruption in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2017-0228

Published: May 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6455
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0228
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in JavaScript engines. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.

Affected software

Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Edge

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0228

Install update from vendor's website.


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