ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 201…

published 2017-11-15 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-3438

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 8.5%; EPSS 8.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11838 advisory

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Exploit prediction

8.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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 ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer

Classification

Weakness

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

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11838
patch, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1039781
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1039780
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/101737
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-11838
NVD CVE-2017-11838

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