CVE-2017-11838

ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer in 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 the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, CVE-2017-11841, CVE-2017-11843, CVE-2017-11846, CVE-2017-11858, CVE-2017-11859, CVE-2017-11861, CVE-2017-11862, CVE-2017-11866, CVE-2017-11869, CVE-2017-11870, CVE-2017-11871, and CVE-2017-11873.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039780Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039781Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11838Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039780Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039781Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11838Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 15, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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