vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8653: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 19, 2018
Added
Dec 19, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 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-2018-8643.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4483228microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4483229microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4483230microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4483232microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4483234microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4483235microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4483229microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4483235msft-kb4483187-3c54c4c1-423b-40d1-8079-931eba06eff1msft-kb4483187-4aa28b85-7c84-4fe7-b72d-b47077e29029msft-kb4483187-55563889-47b6-493d-ab04-32f3f9eb1bcamsft-kb4483187-562fe768-0854-4458-af57-1ee3a870d22dmsft-kb4483187-57b11528-e73d-4150-9693-f0253d614339msft-kb4483187-5e37769a-4129-4984-aa8c-68a3320f6bdfmsft-kb4483187-64ae34e8-bd82-4d07-a19e-77a815785524msft-kb4483187-9b262a2e-7072-41f6-b53a-5a25e9255ad6msft-kb4483187-a59c5623-86a0-47b9-9a0f-cef2fc6e5a16msft-kb4483187-ae32aaf1-59f8-400c-90b0-428496dadc75msft-kb4483187-cb01b215-6879-4983-8e1f-a20742ca0dcfmsft-kb4483187-d17aa708-cd35-46ae-9112-489699a1c1a6msft-kb4483187-edcb3287-6204-4239-bab7-8973faf93d61msft-kb4483187-f5ada143-8a66-46bc-af17-514fde960878
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