CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-8653

7.5 HIGH Known exploited Published 2018-12-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to how the Scripting Engine handles objects in memory, leading to remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8653
Status
Analyzed
Published
2018-12-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

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-2018-8643.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 9 • microsoft internet explorer 10 • microsoft internet explorer 11

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References