CVE-2017-0037

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.

Affected

Microsoft Corporation · Internet Browser

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

80.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2022-03-28

Published

2017-02-26

Updated

2025-10-21

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• chattopadhyaykittu/CVE-2017-00370★ · 2022-03-28

ExploitDB entries (3)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354

Security advisories

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906
• https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry