7.5high
CVE-2018-8296in critical feed
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scri…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
17.1%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8298.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
17.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1041258 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/104638 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8296 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-8296
- NVD: CVE-2018-8296
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