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Data as of 13:09 UTC

Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2021-11-17
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
EPSS
98.6th percentile (score 0.401, as of 2026-09-16)
NVD CVSS v3.1
6.8 (MEDIUM)
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34448

CISA short description

Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for memory corruption.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

NVD description

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.