VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0840

HIGH 7.5EPSS 53.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, and Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote code execution, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0834, CVE-2018-0835, CVE-2018-0836, CVE-2018-0837, CVE-2018-0838, CVE-2018-0856, CVE-2018-0857, CVE-2018-0858, CVE-2018-0859, CVE-2018-0860, CVE-2018-0861, and CVE-2018-0866.

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 53.07% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/edge
Source: secure@microsoft.com

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102886Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0840Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44077/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102886Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0840Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44077/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.