CVE-2020-17053
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
7.5 High
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
3.17%Down 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17053- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9009
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-9009- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mxxx-932c-fw96
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-mxxx-932c-fw96- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17053- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 High
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17053 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published November 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.17%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.