CVE-2018-8298 (GCVE-0-2018-8298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45
VLAI? CISA
Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8287, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft ChakraCore Affected: ChakraCore
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Date added: 2022-03-03

Due date: 2022-03-17

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8298

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