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CVE-2018-8542

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Date: November 13, 2018

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-2018-8541, CVE-2018-8543, CVE-2018-8551, CVE-2018-8555, CVE-2018-8556, CVE-2018-8557, CVE-2018-8588.

Language: C++

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Related Resources (10)

https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/334471b7254c1c093deb413bac0472974e6f9181
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105772
https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5827
https://web.archive.org/web/20210124213906/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105772
https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224439/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042107
https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8542
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042107
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8542
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-8542

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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