Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What is the version information for this release?
Stable: Stable, 127.0.2651.98: 127.0.2651.98, 127.0.6533.99/.100: 127.0.6533.99/.100, 8/8/2024: 8/8/2024
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.
Security updates
127.0.2651.98 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.4
Microsoft Edge (HTML-based) Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (HTML-based) Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2024-38218 Microsoft Edge (HTML-based) Memory Corruption Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38218
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss