---
id: "CVE-2017-0059"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2017-0059"]
title: "Microsoft Internet Explorer: Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: 0.61968
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "internet-explorer", "other", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2017-03-17T00:59:01+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2017-0059", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0059", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0059", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft Internet Explorer: Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer leaks sensitive data from process memory when a user visits a crafted web page. An attacker running that page can read information held in the browser's memory.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft Internet Explorer affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft security update for Internet Explorer per vendor instructions, as stated by CISA. Specific patched versions are not given in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2017-0059
- 2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0059
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0059

## From the sources

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0008 and CVE-2017-0009.

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