CVE-2017-0037

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-28. Federal remediation due 2022-04-18.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

80.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-02-26 23:30Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0189359173073f7437cc27dffae27bc1a909dc6c81c633ff92261d1d76539bed

• bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011x_refsource_MISC
• 0patch.blogspot.sihttps://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com96088http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com41454https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com43125https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1037905http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com42354https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1037906http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0037government-resource