CVE-2018-0840

EPSS 53.7%

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore, Internet Explorer

public PoCs found — 2

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References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0840 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44077/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102886 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040369 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040372