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high 7.5

CVE-2017-0228 in the critical feed json

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft browsers in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, ak…

published 2017-05-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0592

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.0%
EPSS 17.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft browsers in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0224, CVE-2017-0229, CVE-2017-0230, CVE-2017-0234, CVE-2017-0235, CVE-2017-0236, and CVE-2017-0238.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

16.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Microsoft browsers

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.