CVE-2018-8491 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
28.2%
top 3.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8460.

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 Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_1122 versions+21

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8c55-35jf-p84p: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vu↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-8491: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vu↗2018-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability↗2018-10-09
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