CVE-2017-0012 Other in Browsers

What is CVE-2017-0012?

CVE-2017-0012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, published on 17 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to spoof web content via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Spoofing Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0033 and CVE-2017-0069.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0012?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge

• CVE-2021-26411 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7200 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7201 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0037 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Type Confusion Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2016-3351 Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 6.5

All Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r538-cxj6-r3pj.