# CVE-2017-0037

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the Layout::MultiColumnBoxBuilder::HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement function in mshtml.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence and crafted JavaScript code that operates on a TH element.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2017-0037
- CVSS: 8.1
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28; CISA due date 2022-04-18
- EPSS: 80.39% (percentile 99.6)
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB · 1 GitHub proof of concept (first 2017-02-24)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Weakness: CWE-843
- Published: 2017-02-26

## Affected versions

- Microsoft Corporation Internet Browser: affected Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Edge

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011
- [other] https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/
- [other] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037

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