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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-8631

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 68.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10.

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
68.49% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 18 December 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%35%70%21 September 2026: 65.66%22 September 2026: 68.49%27 October 2026: 68.49%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 65.7% on 21 September 2026 to 68.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-46001source ↗Microsoft Windows - 'jscript!JsArrayFunctionHeapSort' Out-of-Bounds Writewindows · Google Security Researchdos18 December 2018yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.