CVE-2017-0149
Published 2017-03-17 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2017-0149 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 24, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 14, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0018 and CVE-2017-0037.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Internet Explorer
Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-24 · Due: 2022-06-14
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96724
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038008
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0149
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96724
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038008
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0149
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0149