vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8373: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 14, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | Sep 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 14, 2018
Added
Aug 14, 2018
Modified
Sep 10, 2025
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-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4343892microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4343887microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4343885microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4343897microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4343909microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4343887msft-kb4343205-0b078f93-1d60-4e71-90a7-b682d4329022msft-kb4343205-10d15f81-06cb-4693-a10a-12efd1a48129msft-kb4343205-13e8e44b-d846-4c1b-b77c-c775a3988b8amsft-kb4343205-42321b2f-49c9-4d83-9eb3-44145a57af06msft-kb4343205-44923d95-a1ce-429f-a7f3-46a429610b14msft-kb4343205-48b9691a-33c2-4f86-9c4a-85153012d4efmsft-kb4343205-5bc11770-dd1c-4144-94de-5d2fd2b7cbefmsft-kb4343205-7597eb71-c396-4fdb-8600-d9d1c2582152msft-kb4343205-b7073944-86b8-43b6-a9c0-b4725242df50msft-kb4343205-c8052fa6-186c-41a7-a222-cc079eec1a26msft-kb4343205-d061bfd7-009e-4417-bf92-8d1d7636afdfmsft-kb4343205-d6af2c4e-ca82-4539-b40e-a18e3f8ea7e5
References
- BID-105037
- CVE-2018-8373
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8373
- CWE-787
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343205
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343885
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343887
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343892
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343897
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343909
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