CVE-2018-0989
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0981, CVE-2018-0987, CVE-2018-1000.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.33% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 5.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103624Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0989Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103624Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0989Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.