CVE-2018-8298

high-risk
Published 2018-07-11

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.

Do I need to act?

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89.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 11% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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1 public exploit available
45217
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (7)

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104639
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8298
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45217/
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104639
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8298
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45217/
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-...
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high-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal