CVE-2017-0040: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 13.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The scripting engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from that described in CVE-2017-0130.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2017-03-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.