CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-0840
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
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 configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 11
• microsoft edge
• microsoft internet explorer 10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102886 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040369 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040372 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0840 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44077/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102886 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040369 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040372 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0840 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44077/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry