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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2018-8389 EUVD-2018-20029GHSA-vmwj-6vm5-334c

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scri…

Published Aug 15, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

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 affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8353, CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8359, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8390.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 —
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Windows … —
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Windows Server 2012 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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