CVE-2017-11791

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Published 2017-11-15 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
3.1

Description

ChakraCore and Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 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 obtain information to further compromise the user's system, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11834.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
42%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11791

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windowsnot-affected
windows windowsr2not-affected
windows windows1511not-affected
windows windows1607not-affected
windows windows1703not-affected
windows windows1709not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftchakracore
windows microsoftinternet_explorer
windows microsoftedge

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.