CVE-2017-11855

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
49.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: November 15, 2017 (3103 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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 and 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-2017-11856.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com