{"id":"CVE-2017-11906","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11906","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:14:17.591Z","title":"Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to obtain information to…","description":"Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user's system, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka \"Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability\". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11887 and CVE-2017-11919.","published":"2017-12-12T21:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:02:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.25116,"percentile":0.97918,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.20215,"percentile":0.974},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.25116,"percentile":0.97831}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-12-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43372,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows - 'jscript!RegExpFncObj::LastParen' Out-of-Bounds Read","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43372","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/43372.html","file":"exploits/windows/dos/43372.html","published":"2017-12-19","added":"2017-12-19","updated":"2017-12-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-11906"],"tags":"Out Of Bounds","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1382"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102078","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039993","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11906","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43372/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102078","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039993","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11906","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43372/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11906","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}