CVE-2018-8242 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-843 — Type Confusion11 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
18.4%
top 4.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Microsoft ChakracoreMicrosoft Internet Explorer 10Microsoft Internet Explorer 11+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296, CVE-2018-8298.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_9Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2+1
▶CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_10Windows Server 2012
▶CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_1118 versions+17
▶CVEListV5microsoft/chakracoreChakraCore

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
GHSA-5cch-h5rg-64fx: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engin↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability↗2018-07-10
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - July 2018↗2018-07-10
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