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CVE-2019-1429

Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.5EPSS 77.3%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

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 CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
77.29% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-416, CWE-787
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1429

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