Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site,…

published 2017-03-17 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-0376

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 36.5%; EPSS 36.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 0; none known

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0011, CVE-2017-0017, CVE-2017-0065, and CVE-2017-0068.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0009 advisory

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Exploit prediction

36.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Browser

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0009
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/96077
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
security-assessment.com /files/documents/advisory/comparestring_infoleak.pdf
securitytracker.com /id/1038006
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-0009
NVD CVE-2017-0009

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