vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8381: Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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 5, 2025

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8266, CVE-2018-8380, CVE-2018-8384.

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-kb4343887
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