Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2018-8653

TLP:CLEAR

Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to how the Scripting Engine handles objects in memory, leading to remote code execution.

Facts

  • Vendor: Microsoft
  • Product: Internet Explorer
  • CVSS: 7.5
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 29.6 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 3 November 2021
  • First known exploitation: 3 November 2021
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 3 May 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-787
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 3 November 2021

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD