vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-0840: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 13, 2018 | Feb 13, 2018 | Sep 10, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 13, 2018
Added
Feb 13, 2018
Modified
Sep 10, 2025
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.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4074596microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4074591microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4074590microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4074592microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4074588microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4074590msft-kb4074736-080daf77-5339-4588-9855-e5eb365428d9msft-kb4074736-22b8abd2-934f-49ea-b175-c07551b89f2fmsft-kb4074736-308e1fcd-9d6c-4e3e-b19f-546eb7d17a0cmsft-kb4074736-4cb05b97-1b1b-4b42-8a7e-def6bd575eb6msft-kb4074736-622f598e-4fd8-4d8e-a2d1-a3210d84e0damsft-kb4074736-63d6a717-48e1-405d-ab19-78236fa47eecmsft-kb4074736-82a65336-35ea-49ca-be7f-4219b2d9b1e4msft-kb4074736-9539cfe6-dfa5-426c-a67d-d7bedbe8f729msft-kb4074736-bfd4260e-eec6-4ac3-b15f-4d09a21ff812msft-kb4074736-cca0138f-0e53-4591-a6d2-75336696d26bmsft-kb4074736-ce50cc71-e048-48e8-8e8d-ca3aff1e21f3msft-kb4074736-dfb477f4-192f-4d18-89a5-c34453e5a93e
References
- BID-102886
- CVE-2018-0840
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-0840
- CWE-787
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074588
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074590
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074591
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074592
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074596
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4074736
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