Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 11, 2017

Summary

This security update resolves several reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage in Internet Explorer. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see The Security Update Guide.This security update includes improvements and fixes that resolve the following issues:

• Addressed issue introduced by KB 4032782 where Internet Explorer may close unexpectedly when you visit some websites.

• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer 11 where a text node returned from the DOMParser may be incorrect when MutationObserver for childList and subtree is active.

• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer 11 where a crash can occur in limited scenarios when using the Find feature (Ctrl-F).

• Addressed issue where the onhashchange event fails to trigger when navigating some hashed URLs in Internet Explorer 11.

• Addressed issue where the NewWindow3 event handler is never called in a managed WebBrowser class of .NET 4.6.

• Addressed issue that can cause cursor flicker when hovering over a pop-up menu option in Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge.

• Addressed issue where Internet Explorer 11 crashes when a user clicks an empty column header and then quickly does a Shift + double click.

• Addressed issue where Internet Explorer 11 crashes with certain Browser Helper Objects after the July Internet Explorer updates.

• Addressed issue where certain elements (input or select) cannot be active targets of any action in Internet Explorer 11. This occurs after removing an iframe that contained a cursor inside certain elements (input or select) and adding a new iframe.

• Security updates to Internet Explorer.
  Additionally, see the following articles for more information about this cumulative update:

• Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 update history

• Windows Server 2012 update history

• Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 update history

• Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history
  Important

• The fixes included in this Security Update for Internet Explorer 4025252 are also included in the July 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup. Installing either the Security Update for Internet Explorer or the Security Monthly Quality Rollup installs the fixes that are resolved in this update.

• If you use update management processes other than Windows Update and you automatically approve all security updates classifications for deployment, this Security Update for Internet Explorer 4025252, the July 2017 Security Only Quality Update, and the July 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup are deployed. We recommend that you review your update deployment rules to make sure the desired updates are deployed.

• This Security Update for Internet Explorer is not applicable for installation on a computer where the Security Monthly Quality Rollup or the Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup from July 2017 (or a later month) is already installed. This is because those updates contain all fixes in this Security Update for Internet Explorer.
  If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows.

Known issues in this security update

Windows 7 for x64-based systems may continue to report that you need to apply this July 11, 2017 Internet Explorer 11 update after it has already been installed.

• As of this publication date, Microsoft had corrected the issue for both Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and Microsoft Update Catalog distributions.
• Update management solutions that use the Windows Update offline scan method, may still experience this issue.
• As a potential workaround, affected customers can choose to install the update by using WSUS, or manually by using the Windows Update Catalog page.

Deployment information

For deployment details for this security update, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Security update deployment information

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available through Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically.For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Note For Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1, this update is available through Microsoft Update only.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

More Information

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How to get help and support for this security update

Help for installing updates: Windows Update: FAQ

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Support and Troubleshooting

Help for protecting your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware: Microsoft Secure

Local support according to your country: International Support

File informationThe English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight-saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.For a list of the files that are provided in this cumulative update, download the file information for update 4021558.

File hash information

File name	SHA1 hash	SHA256 hash
Windows8.1-KB4025252-x86.msu	A1B9607F2A9E478D72EE9CBC818AD3BEA1DCBB95	6F70FE465DA791E5EF7BDA86DADA8D4C2152DA81B9E2B1830C4179FD4CD62314
Windows8.1-KB4025252-x64.msu	989B0643155E8AEAA7DDBC08A34B635D4878AED3	AF2A5AC2F1C45FCE9621FC182418CE034B9F8FB6A300B3148B88296AD299D618
IE11-Windows6.1-KB4025252-X86.msu	3DE9D0D26B6CA09932C07B8889988B936278C999	031687312B5BE12CECFDD97936F477E41D52AE51DA40BFCE7EF19B7104BDC3CE
IE11-Windows6.1-KB4025252-X64.msu	80EDF86DD6B82F99214B6DE9230C481B70995BD1	59C5E9412B2B5DFC417184B62389C635E6D1EA62C9E60FE029124AF146583F28
IE9-Windows6.0-KB4025252-X86.msu	076C1283D3083B154D3BFEE54F99D57FECEDFDBE	C1AC92A4E0D64D06E23E8E3F22FEE56A9EA7956620889A84D8686E686104A404
IE9-Windows6.0-KB4025252-X64.msu	F572491936C37C1DD6E6C73BF80A55DE2B625569	439FA84EFE2BF3CAF19746B9457F84CFB24D2EC1EE52BB24EE1440E7C16453A0
IE8-WindowsXP-KB4025252-x86-Embedded-ENU.exe	616FC352C00406988AF9B2DE236DE9A218C6AC34	5ADC5F659109FF7AB16A9E287F2E22F74F501DEAE535770075AFA8AC8A4A54F4