vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-11841: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 14, 2017
Added
Nov 14, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge 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-2017-11838, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, 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.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4048956microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4048952microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4048953microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4048954microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4048955microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4048953
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