CVE-2018-8294
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8280, CVE-2018-8286, CVE-2018-8290.
- 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
- 19.38% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- microsoft/edge · microsoft/chakracore
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104646Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8294Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104646Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8294Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.