vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8491: Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Sep 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 9, 2018
Added
Oct 9, 2018
Modified
Sep 10, 2025
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8460.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4462922microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4462937microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4462918microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4462919microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4464330microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4464330msft-kb4462949-19c569fc-f86e-4c17-bf58-c6915bde2ee8msft-kb4462949-250233ab-e48c-4bba-8367-5313232fdc3fmsft-kb4462949-3241c00d-3928-4883-9eaa-d486b92891e7msft-kb4462949-5d0ff1e3-f3ad-4f8e-9e0f-56dc8a718df7msft-kb4462949-912a31ff-b7ce-4c28-aa34-b1faf9508a96msft-kb4462949-a1f47314-aa6f-488c-b442-edc5d4749bd4msft-kb4462949-c3c638ab-1ea6-419f-94d9-d48ea17e931bmsft-kb4462949-cc6d31f2-49a5-465b-aecc-bc5583889972msft-kb4462949-ededb1b8-4065-4b65-bdf6-7c6770a5fce9msft-kb4462949-f4ce666f-9c66-415a-94fd-c3c450e0d6e0
References
- BID-105454
- CVE-2018-8491
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8491
- CWE-787
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462917
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462918
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462919
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462922
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462937
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4462949
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4464330
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