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High · 7.5 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2018-8298 EUVD-2022-5575GHSA-wgw2-wwq8-c7wf

ChakraCore RCE Vulnerability

Published Jul 11, 2018 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft ChakraCore ChakraCore —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet Microsoft.ChakraCore < 1.10.1 1.10.1 GHSA-wgw2-wwq8-c7wf

References